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I know, I was thinking of going there next year, not now.

If concerned about privacy/security during international travel, a good option is to get a burner phone. A cheap android phone is peanuts.

Give it time. One day people will be arrested at borders for "suspicion that they are travelling with a decoy phone".

“Not having a smart phone” already is a warning sign in some countries.

Yeppppp

https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone

>If concerned about privacy/security during international travel, a good option is to get a burner phone. A cheap android phone is peanuts.

Or just a Nandroid[0][1] backup and flashing the stock rom before you go, then restoring upon return.

[0] https://www.howtogeek.com/240582/how-to-back-up-and-restore-...

[1] I don't know if this is possible with Apple phones, as I don't use them. Perhaps someone could elucidate on the viability of this option for iOS devices?

Well shit, this was my reason not to ever visit the US, but I live in Britain so I'm fucked anyway.

I wish I could laugh, seems the US, UK and Australia are in a competition to see who can out do each other.

What is it with English Speaking Countries ? I guess Canada is OK because of Quebec keeps them sane :)

> What is it with English Speaking Countries ?

Legal systems based on common-law?

Canada has the same shit, NZ too.

Apparently not for the Canadian case:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law#Canada

>In a 2010 Quebec Court of Appeal case the court stated that a password compelled from an individual by law enforcement "is inadmissible and that renders the subsequent seizure of the data unreasonable

Quebec for the win :)

France and Belgium also have similar laws backed by imprisonment

Literally been like this for over 15 years, and people were sent to jail from 2009 onwards because of it

https://www.theregister.com/2009/11/24/ripa_jfl

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