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Customs agents need a warrant to search your phone now (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 months ago by umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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tl;dr: only applies to NY Eastern District, and likely only US citizen can enjoy

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[–] LEVI 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

aren't they going to ask you to unlock it, or do as they do in China and run a quick scan using their special software?

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Australia also

[–] LEVI 1 points 3 months ago

Ohh.. wow.. 🤯

[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

or do as they do in China and run a quick scan using their special software?

Can I get a source for this?

[–] LEVI 3 points 3 months ago

First time I heard about it was from this youtube channe...called "all things secured" but I don't remember the video , he said police officers stopped him and plugged a USB C on his phone, after a few moments they let him go..

this article discuses the same situation but I'm sure you can find other sources

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They can ask. And you can say no. Some countries might torture you, but that's honestly low risk. And for that we have duress passwords.

Special scanning software can't defeat strong encryption with a strong passphrase

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://xkcd.com/538/

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 3 months ago

Again, rubber hose cryptanalysis is, in fact, defeated by a duress password. We do have counter forensics tools that work against torture.