Man sues feds after being detained for refusing to unlock his phone at airport

Re:Man sues feds after being detained for refusing to unlock... by loup-vaillant on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @02:51AM (#18713953)

Then you can deny you have one, and they won't be able to prove anything. Or you can have two, and then give them the one with a porn collection or something. Or you can have three, in case they suspect you of having two.

Or you just have none, and they detain you indefinitely because you can't prove otherwise… though if you fear that, you probably shouldn't cross the border ever again.

I was wondering what they'd do if they ask for my Facebook account credentials, and I explain to them I have no Facebook account. Will I be detained for lying to an officer of the law? I don't have a Facebook account, but they might not believe me.

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Re:Man sues feds after being detained for refusing to unlock... by URSpider94 on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @03:40AM (#18714176)

As you may have learned in recent news, lying to a Federal officer is a felony. If you have a blank phone, and you tell them you have no backup, and they later find out you did, you could go to prison just for that alone.

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Re:Man sues feds after being detained for refusing to unlock... by cesarb on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @06:30AM (#18714924)

And what if you do have a Facebook account, but don't know its password because it's only on a password manager application on your home computer? Or what if you need two-factor authentication to login, but left the device with the second factor at home?

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Re:Man sues feds after being detained for refusing to unlock... by theandrewbailey on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @09:01AM (#18715629)

They would detain you, and we'd probably read about it.

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