US Border Patrol says they can create central repository of traveler emails

Re:US Border Patrol says they can create central repository ... by Scoundreller on Sunday August 23, 2020 @12:05PM (#24252806)

Dunno about CBP, but I know the Canadian border agents are restricted to searching the phone only.

So anything in the cloud (e.g. webmail) is off limits unless you download to your phone.

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Re:US Border Patrol says they can create central repository ... by snazz on Sunday August 23, 2020 @12:22PM (#24252964)

Do they put it in airplane mode to enforce that?

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Re:US Border Patrol says they can create central repository ... by Scoundreller on Sunday August 23, 2020 @09:19PM (#24256762)

I think officially that’s supposed to be step 1. Makes sense so you can’t remote wipe it.

Legally they are only allowed to inspect what you are bringing into the country, so stuff in the cloud is out-of-scope.

It’s an open question about whether they can compel you to decrypt anything or get you to unlock. They could always seize to inspect later though.

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