Border agents at JFK can now search your phone without a warrant or suspicion, following a 2026 Second Circuit ruling that affects all travelers.
  • rumba@lemmy.zip
    English
    11·
    2 days ago

    Refusing to unlock your properly secured device for them will result in its confiscation and perhaps your detention.

    Password managers and browser history are sticking points. You could not use your device for anything, but one of your services might rat you out.

    You kinda need a travel phone.

    • Count042@lemmy.mlEnglish
      13·
      16 hours ago

      If you’re a us citizen, they cannot detain you indefinitely. What that means isn’t legally defined yet, but seems to be around 4 - 8 hours.

      Edit: apparently no longer true.

      • rumba@lemmy.zip
        English
        4·
        1 day ago

        CPB statement

        OFO may hold U.S. citizens in custody in certain situations, such as suspicion of or a determination of violating U.S. law, pending transfer to another law enforcement agency on an extraditable warrant, or if accompanying a family member being processed for appropriate immigration proceedings. Available data indicate that OFO held U.S. citizens longer than 24 hours on 562 occasions from October 1, 2019, through April 30, 2021.

        And that’s 2021 before things started getting hot.