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Your answer and answers to many things you didn't even ask are here: https://www.eff.org/files/2017/03/10/digital-privacy-border-...

FWIW we have advice on crossing borders in Umbrella App: https://secfirst.org

or the raw content here https://github.com/securityfirst/Umbrella_content

It's unlikely you'll be searched if you're entering by car via Canada. These searches seem mostly targeted at airports. I can't imagine the border patrol having enough time to search every one of the thousands of cars crossing from Canada every day.

There were a lot of things people couldn't imagine happening in America that have sadly come to bear...

Just leave your phone at home,get a cheap phone, bring your sim.

That could be deemed to be suspicious by itself and actually get you searched more thoroughly.

Why would they have any indication that it wasn't your primary phone? Just say you hate touchscreens and you don't need the distraction of notification overload (if they even bother to question it).