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Re:Pair Locking Your iPhone by mrandish on Thursday October 10, 2019 @01:37AM (#21211267)
INAL but I don't think that legally it would be lying. I believe lying requires more than not complying. Plus, we always have the right to remain silent.
Re:Pair Locking Your iPhone by thenewnewguy on Thursday October 10, 2019 @04:01AM (#21212011)
Even if true, border officials will start asking everyone "is this your main profile". I guess you could refuse to answer, but that will make the answer obvious.
Re:Pair Locking Your iPhone by lmilcin on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:28AM (#21211537)
Any time you say to the officer something you know is not true is lying. It may not necessarily be immediately grounds to detaining or turning you from the border but it may cause further escalation. Never tell a lie to the police and never offer any information unless directly asked for it.
Re:Pair Locking Your iPhone by akhosravian on Thursday October 10, 2019 @01:56AM (#21211358)
The right to remain silent isn’t the right to intentionally lie.
Re:Pair Locking Your iPhone by outworlder on Thursday October 10, 2019 @01:59AM (#21211373)
> Plus, we always have the right to remain silent.

No you don't. Not at the border.

Re:Pair Locking Your iPhone by dodobirdlord on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:30AM (#21211542)
Untrue. People who crack jokes about "constitution free zones" at the border are just uninformed. There are some obvious broad waivers on searches to enable the enforcement of import/export and immigration laws, but other rights that don't relate to the particulars of border enforcement are not impacted.
Re:Pair Locking Your iPhone by shkkmo on Thursday October 10, 2019 @08:54AM (#21213847)
> There are some obvious broad waivers on searches to enable the enforcement of import/export and immigration laws

Except those searches can be done at the behest of other law enforcement agencies and any information found can be shared with them.

Re:Pair Locking Your iPhone by dodobirdlord on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:08PM (#21216155)
Incorrect. CBP has a policy to destroy any digital data collected during a search unless it is relevant to an investigation of customs/immigration crimes or is related to terrorism, which can be broadly construed as related to immigration law insomuch as one of the primary purposes of a border is to keep out unwanted persons.

I recommend reading through this document assembled by the EFF about various kinds of border searches and the constitutionality thereof.

https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017

Re:Pair Locking Your iPhone by shkkmo on Friday October 11, 2019 @08:57AM (#21223872)
I fail to see anything in your link to back up your claim.

Here's what the EFF does say about the CPB doing exactly what I described.

> The evidence includes ICE and CBP policies and practices that authorize border officers to conduct warrantless and suspicionless device searches for purposes beyond the enforcement of immigration and customs laws. Officials can search devices for general law enforcement purposes, such as enforcing bankruptcy, environmental, and consumer protection laws, and for intelligence gathering or to advance pre-existing investigations. Officers also consider requests from other government agencies to search devices. In addition, the agencies assert the authority to search electronic devices when the subject of interest is someone other than the traveler—such as when the traveler is a journalist or scholar with foreign sources who are of interest to the U.S. government, or even when the traveler is the business partner of someone under investigation. Both agencies further allow officers to retain information from travelers’ electronic devices and share it with other government entities, including state, local, and foreign law enforcement agencies.

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/new-documents-reveal-dhs-...

Re:Pair Locking Your iPhone by jdenning on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:29AM (#21211541)
You absolutely do have the right to remain silent at the border.
Re:Pair Locking Your iPhone by sneak on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:29AM (#21211540)
Your statement is untrue. You have the right to remain silent at the border as well.