This is eye-opening! I did not realize the extent to which our privacy could be invaded at airports. Thanks for breaking down the complexities of warrantless cell phone seizures and giving actionable advice on how we can protect ourselves. Definitely sharing this with my friends and family!
They don’t need to seize your phone from you, you should look up a program called Pegasus. Your entire phone can be downloaded replicated and redirected to a virtual clone on a desktop pc. What this law firm is dealing with are the lowest part of the information food chain: local law enforcement.
@@user-yq3fz9ch5q I was on vacation in Arizona I wanted to take I8 East until I found out they had border checks along this interstate highway. So I avoided it . Not that I had anything to hide I just didn't want random people going into my RV "My Home" illegally without a warrant and holding me up while I protested against it. And possibly needing a lawyer to protect my rights
Well, things have indeed changed since mobile phone access meant and consisted of having the proper coinage to use the pay phones along your travel route (1995 or earlier) - no custom official scrutinized your pocket change very much. And other digital devices more or less as available for meaningful search or seizure.
TSA wanted to search my phone after their frisk search. I said "I do not consent" they said I would miss my flight. I asked why I was being bullied, loud enough to draw attention. I stated I was a Veteran and I did not sign up to protect a nation that treats it's citizens like property. Oh, I was loud. Not belligerent, but enough to get people with cell phone to start a video. As soon as I said," Please do take a video," TSA let me by.
Yeah but if you need the info in your phone and don’t have it….or bring a tablet instead and that gets searched instead, etc. frequent travelers are more often than not for business purposes so having digital devices with information is common.
It really concerns me when an attorney says that the government has rights. People have rights. Government does not have rights. Government has powers, not rights!
@@Packetloss277those rights are inherent; yes, they were set by people who became part of the government, but they had run from tyranny to have a free life. And because of that, they set up a foundation and structure for our rights. That's why they are inalienable rights.
@@ssaraccoii Thank you for pointing this out. I have amended my original statement accordingly. My point still remains. Attorneys talk about government rights. Shouldn't those scholars of the law know better?
TSA Agent: "Sir we have selected you for an enhanced search." Me: "Sure, so you want to inconvenience me? I have no problem being the most uncooperative and rudest person in existence." Consent to nothing and refuse everything. Also stop using biometrics to unlock your phone, use a password.
When you get to court or sue bring criminal felony charges against the DA/prosecutor and all officers/agents involved in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. section §241 conspiracy against rights, Title 18 U.S.C. section §242 deprivation of rights under color of law,if they had no legal lawful valid search warrant, for conspiring against and depriving you of your supremacy clause, article 4 section 2 paragraph 1,4th amendment warrant clause,10th amendment nor prohibited by it to the states clause,14th amendment section 1 no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the united states clause rights combined. Use fruit of the poisonous tree and exclusionary rule to have all their evidence they illegally obtained thrown out of the court.
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@@williamelewis464, I use the pass-pattern and fingerprint. After the 5 time of the wrong finger the automatically locks out fingerprint reader. Then the correct pass-pattern will have to be entered. If not entered correctly you'll have to wait a specific time which gets longer each time until the phone will factory reset itself.
A friend of mine was flying back into Denver after the Paris Olympics. He had a Homeland Officer ask for his phone. He told them politely, no thank you. HSI proceeded to take him to an interrogation room for further questioning. While in the room alone, he attempted to call his lawyer. The Homeland security people turned on a phone jammer to interrupt the call. His lawyer had heard enough to understand what was going on. He hurried out to Denver International Airport and was denied his right to see his client. The lawyer immediately called a federal judge he knew and got his client released from custody. Unfortunately the TSA IMMEDIATELY put my friend on the no-fly list. No he is trying to get that resolved.
I heard there was no way off the no-fly list. Also, how does someone who is not wealthy afford the legal representation to confront such things? Using a burner phone for travel seems like a good idea.
@@brucel399 That doesn’t make sense legally.They need some kind of suspicion that he is involved in criminal activity.Refusing to let them search his phone cannot be the basis since thats a 4th amendment right.Not saying I don’t believe it.Government does this nonsense all the time.
Here's one solution - have a travel phone (a burner phone) when traveling via the airports or overseas. Leave your main phone at home, connected to your wifi. There are apps that allow you to screen share your phone and control it remotely. Set that up before leaving - make sure it works. On the burner phone, delete the remote control phone app before going through the airport coming and going. Re-install it on the other side. At least if they seize your phone, they don't have your main phone.
Any intrusion of any government agency is a major problem. Terrifying words said by the government "I'm from the government, & I'm here to help." Our government has stopped caring about the best interest of its citizens a very long time ago. I put it around 1913 when the Aldridge Act was bullied through Congress creating The Federal Reserve and the IRS.
Don't forget that the Govt. has this delusion that you should have to explain why you are traveling with more than $10k in Cash, and if they don't like the reason then they seize the Cash!
ANY amount of money is subject to "civil asset forfeiture" and extremely difficult to get back, even if flying within the country. DEA will take it all. They are animals.
@@Maybe-SoMany businesses in airports no longer accept cash, it’s all card/PayPal/ApplePay, etc. so there is now supposedly “no need” to carry cash while traveling. The entirety of Austin Bergstrom International Airport is cash-free. You would starve with a hundred dollar bill in hand. It does not bode well for the future
the dea wanted to do a random search of my bag right in the little hall that links to the gate gate to the plane and that's after going through tsa security. They were trying to coerce me by saying if i didn't sign a consent form it will take them a while and i will miss my flight they then brought a k9 that apparently " alerted " on my bag. i told him he wasn't getting my consent we argued for about 15-20 minutes before they gave up. i couldn't believe they were actually doing that. after speaking with the stewardess she told me they only want your money and sometimes it's the tsa giving them tips about what they saw during a search. that was introduction to civil asset forfeiture, most people will argue with me that they can't do that because .......
@@andyvonbourske6405 I was curious about that reply as well. You're somehow a "Putin boy" for not allow your rights to be trampled on? Guessing someone is off their meds. Great job standing up for your rights, it's not the first I've seen of this trend with the DEA.
Did you by any chance had cash in your luggage? TSA and CPB/DEA, etc, are running a scam where TSA scan your luggage and then inform CPB/DEA. CPB/DEA then proceeds to do a civil asset forfeiture and you need to sue them to get it back. Good luck proving that your hard earned cash isn't dirty.
The fourth amendment is trampled on hundreds of times every day in this country. Border patrol and TSA are one of the worst offenders. I would love to see the statistics of how much information they gather on these “random“ searches. My elderly mother who has a darker skin tone and black hair because she is part Indian, meeting native American, was always pulled aside for additional searches. She gets a little passive aggressive which she’s gotten worse as she gets older and they’re going around under her bra and around her bra in front of everyone standing in the lobby this is a very small airport where she lives that they don’t even keep people there when there’s no flights coming in, so she yells in front of everyone do you want me to take my blouse off too? And because of her dark hair color and dark skin color she was always randomly chosen. They got to where they knew who she was so they stopped. And yes if this were me, I would not invoke a fourth amendment because they don’t care about your fourth amendment or even your fifth amendment. I would invoke my sixth amendment because that guarantees me a lawyer for any questioning. And a lot of people don’t realize what the sixth amendment provides you. I’ve even seen people invoking it they have to explain it to police.
I like to aid law enforcement with their duties; that being said, abuse or lack of proper training should not be part of our culture. Thank you for this important video.
But make sure your phone is set up to store photos, messages, etc, on the uSD card. And if it wasn't set up already, don't forget to move all locally saved stuff to the uSD card.
The juicy information typically sits in RAM (read access memory) which can't be moved to an external device. This data can be accessed so long as you haven't turned off your device before handing it over, even if you set a pin/password/etc. If they have a warrant - if possible, shut your phone off before it leaves your possession.
Yes, we sure can do that. If you happen to be in Louisiana invoking our 5th Amendment right with any law enforcement agent or agents.. At this time is when the handcuffs come out, rights are read, it's the... " hehe haha hoho. It's off to jail we go." I'm not even kidding around..
Yes they can. These federal agents do not have to follow the usual rules. They can hold you without reason indefinitely and you have no rights as you would if you're arrested by police for example
When I watched a series about Canadian border security, I was floored that they could demand your unlocked phone so they could take it to a room and rifle trough it like searching your home computer without a warrant. Sad that the USA is doing similar things.
When travelling overseas into USA or Canada especially, perhaps a good idea to have done a "reset to factory" or similar clean wipe of your phone beforehand, and just re-entered the handful of phone numbers or contact details you might need just before travelling. Like flight info, hotel booking, relatives contact details etc. Or as several folks have suggested , just buying a cheap basic, dumb/old persons basic-brick,, or "burner" phone, for use while travelling. Be sure to have not even signed into normal emails etc. I think Android system phones demand a gmail account to activate initially, so set up a new email address just for that perhaps ? But hey, I'm no phone expert, I'm just a RU-vid watcher !
Man I need a lawyer like you, I was attacked by a Dr physically, had my life threatened numerous times, and nothing happened. If that was me attacking a Dr I’d be in prison…
@@MoonbeameSmith all those things can exist in their physical form as a backup. Because tap to pay is basically duplicating the card onto your phone. I keep the original cards at home as a backup I only carry two actual payment cards as a backup in case my phone disappears. Your phone should only be used as a cache backup of other things which exist elsewhere. It's not permanent it should always be viewed as expendable. I print out my itinerary and boarding passes and take them along even though I usually never use them. Phones are a convenience only. They are not central to our lives. They're just tools.
lol it can be recovered even if you wipe it, also just an FYI attempting to do this is a crime and is chargeable. Please don’t follow this horrible advice
@@williamelewis464 How, precisely, can they charge you with a crime for wiping your own phone? This is nonsense, unless a judge has issued an order to preserve evidence, you have every right to wipe your phone. If you didn't, every time you deleted a photo or doc you'd be in violation. The only exception to this is government equipment, which has a requirement of retention for a period depending on jurisdiction and classification.
@@enmiredbythelazy4401if you wipe it DURING a detention, you'll easily catch that charge even if the phone wasn't demanded to be handed over. Will that charge stick in court is another story.
@@enmiredbythelazy4401 I think a notice to preserve evidence is in civil matters. They charge for criminal destruction of evidence all the time without a prior order to preserve.
That is crazy, I travel in my vehicle. I have my 4th amendment when I’m traveling in my vehicle. I’m telling you I will go to jail before they get my phone.
when traveling. always wipe the phone before crossing border! factory reset is the best! then when you get through the security rape point! you can always reload the backup copy you saved!
Wiping the phone data depends on how it is stored on the device. Newer phones have the option to be encrypted. If the data is encrypted, a factory reset will be enough to do a near permanent wipe. If it isn't encrypted, than you want to run a wiping software to make sure it can't be accessed.
@@bunnybootsink9258 - I stand corrected. I was thinking only of iPhones, which have used encryption since 2009. Android first required use of encrypted storage with Android 10 in 2019. So, in brief: if you have an iPhone or an Android newer than about 2019, a reset is sufficient. If you have an Android phone from 2019 or before, it depends.
Your mobile device serves as the digital equivalent of your essential documentation. If its contents were to be printed, it would equate to the information stored in multiple four-drawer filing cabinets. To ensure the security of your device and safeguard your sensitive information, it is crucial to employ robust digital security measures, particularly when traveling. ❤
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." they key word is "unreasonable" is searching an electronic device unreasonable? I would say yes, unless there is probable cause that the phone contains material evidence of a crime having been committed, or a LEO can articulate reasonable suspicion that a crime has or is about to be committed.
Entering another country is a privilege. Don't believe me? Don't answer any questions. Don't complete a declarations document. Watch how fast you are turned right back around.
Air travel through commercial airports in the federal corporation, the United States, is a privilege, unfortunately. Name one commercial airport that isn't under Federal control of the United States. The Commerce Clause in the Constitution is abused daily. You have the right to take a private jet or learn to fly your own General Aviation plane from a private airport; there still a bit of "privilege" in those areas, too. The crazy part is that Americans could cripple the air travel industry if we boycotted based on the invasive practices that went into overdrive with the so-called Patriot Act, but most people don't want to inconvenience themselves.
@@thetallmanspodcastreacts That depends upon your calling yourself a 14th Amendment Subject Citizen with privileges and immunities. I have rights. Upon entering the United States I do not check the box for US Citizen. I am a Citizen of the State. They usually cross that out and enter US Citizen. That's their opinion.
@@pistonpilot I am aware of the “US citizenship” created by Congress and the 14th Amendment and State Citizenships. I should have asked what you meant by “traveling”. I presumed that you meant air travel. Are you saying that you are able to move within those Federal airports without adhering to the “laws” and rules that control how those Federal airports operate? For example, when you assert your Fourth Amendment protection, do they still let you proceed to your flight? When you return to the United States from another country is a different story because they cannot deny entry to an American citizen of one of the 50 States.
How about some practical advice on how to lock our phones down while on the way to the USA? Can they physically force me to unlock via face ID or fingerprint? Should I disable biometrics while on the plane? What happens when I refuse to give them the PIN?
Can’t force you to provide password as it requires you to release information in your brain which is protected ( equal to you talking and incriminating yourself) but they can easily force you to show your face to phone or press fingerprint to open. It’s like they can get fingerprints or blood but they can’t force you to talk.
What exactly are they looking for. How could they take a persons phone especially while traveling you need that phone for banking for uber for maps for so many things you need your phone for when traveling. America is a police state for sure. The Patriot Act was all part of the plan.
They can hold you for 72 hrs without charges, and it only take about 3 hrs to clone a 1TB phone even if you wipe it and lock it, password protect the sim or any of the other BS people who claim to be in IT say on here.
No? What a dumb idea. What is the point of having a mobile communication device if it is stuck in the mail? Back up and protect the device. Do not provide credentials to authorities. Apple users can remote wipe their device on command. Retain an attorney and follow up with AGGRESSIVE Litigation. Don't cower and hide. Live your life and fight when necessary.
Land of the free. Every citizen is guilty and needs to prove innocence. Enjoy, this is the result of corporate and government bootlickers for decades and bad Congress and judges upholding the theft of our rights.
No search and seizure warrant or exigent circumstances, then it is unconstitutional for them to even TOUCH your stuff, let alone SEARCH your stuff. There aren't supposed to be exceptions with respect to citizens. X-Rays and dogs should be OK, but not HUMAN HANDS touching anything. Best to use a burner phone so they have nothing to look at.
They can hold you for 72 hrs without charges, it takes about 3 hours to clone a phone and it’s entire memory, also hard drives can be recovered so even if you wipe it, that data is still there.
@@williamelewis464 Cloning a phone may not help them if it is encrypted properly. No, hard drives CAN be sufficiently erased. Just ask Hillary Clinton.... Many SSD mfr's will give you a wiping program. Sets all levels of all cells to 1's. You do NOT want zero's on SSD's. Zeroes are for platter drives and still you need to do magnetic underwriting after the 7 pass DOD wipe. Of course tossing either into a blast furnace destroys everything. Yes they CAN hold you for 72 hours but most times it is just a scant few hours. And not do it regularly either. It doesn't take 72 hours to run a check on anyone anymore. It used to take up to 72 hours to run checks long ago. Cops share a national database. Why do you think they have laptops in their cruisers? More than just an ID check...
@@williamelewis464 There are programs that overwrite the data so its' not recoverable. Once it's been overwritten with random 1's and 0's a few times, it's clean.
I was planning on having a holiday in Dallas but with what you have said about the strong arm tactics of your border force I have now reconsidered and cancelled my plans and going to Canada instead. Thank you for your video and the warning.
In 2015 one of my friends was arrested in the USA. I was in the Dominican Republic at the time. 2 days later I flew to Atlanta. 2 HSI agents flew from Boston to Atlanta to specifically intercept me and search my phone and computers. And bring me to a secure place to interigate me. They are using that as evidence against me. We one a motion to suppress, but later the judge reversed his decision.
A key helpful fact that this missed was they can get a facial recognition or finger print to open your phone but they can’t force you to provide a password protected phone …. So safest way to protect phone is use password to protect opening phone Napa facial recognition or finger scan.
All phones should be equipped with an entirely removable memory card and sim so people can either upload their card to a password protected cloud storage and retrieve the data after arriving at their destination. The physical phone would simply be an empty hulk.
I heard once that international terminals at airports legally are not part of the United States; they're equivalent to international waters. Is this true? If so, has anyone brought up the subject of piracy when their stuff is confiscated at the airport? Maybe even state-sponsored piracy? Especially when they confiscate cash?
@@williamelewis464 try actually reading the supremacy clause, article 4 section 2 paragraph 1,1st amendment,4th amendment,10th amendment,14th amendment section 1 of the constitution of the united states of America supreme law of the land.
@@williamelewis464 the right of the PEOPLE to be SECURE in their PERSONS, HOUSES, PAPERS, EFFECTS against unreasonable searches and seizures ""SHALL NOT BE VIOLATED "" and NO WARRANT SHALL ISSUE BUT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE The only reasonable search and seizure is only done so with a legal lawful valid search warrant. Law enforcement agencies have no legal lawful constitutional authority or jurisdiction whatsoever to do a damn thing but get a legal lawful search warrant. And that is the supreme law of the land overrides and overrules all other laws. As well as the 14th amendment section 1 NO STATE SHALL MAKE OR ENFORCE ANY LAW WHICH SHALL ABRIDGE THE PRIVILEGES OR IMMUNITIES OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES clause.
I have a troubling story I flew from SLC UT to Washington DC, for a visit. I checked my bag, and before my flight, I was searched, then let go. At my layover in Chicago, I was searched AGAIN as I waited for my connecting flight (Which I almost missed BTW). In Washington DC, i was exiting the plane and was searched again before I got my bag. My return flight from Washington DC, I still had the twitch. I was searched twice on my way home, all because I have a twitch. I will never fly commercially again EVER.
No recommendations for Android users. Level 1: shut your iPhone off, just say no, let them take it, and buy another. iPhones are well encrypted before first unlock. Level 2: erase your iPhone and restore it from a backup ONLY after you're outside of border jurisdiction. All they'd have is a "new," iPhone to not examine. Level 3: cross the border after erasing your phone and restoring it with a separate user id that contains only minimal contacts. I'd use this more for going outside the states than returning as other countries can' refuse you but they have to let a US citizen through at some point, even if they make it difficult. I'll never give my actual phone password to a government type, unless I've backed it up from a travel account.
I can understand how this stated rationale could be for NON citizens who are have past known convictions. But its insane that us citizens already on us soil get hassled. Everything you have said shows they are merely 'fishing' which is illegal.
It's not- "Don't help the government do their job"! Believe it or not: the government's 'job' is not to render any American insecure, in any capacity; rather, precisely the opposite is the obligatory duty, by oath of affirmation, of all government officials. "Don't pay your government to do a job; then, consent to the sabotage of the task you've paid them to do." - This is akin to hiring the pool guy to clean your pool; you go on vacay, and come home to a party in your back yard & a dirty pool; then paying the guy for a job well done. Only we're talking about the most successful nation on the planet, not a pool, and the destruction of the founding principles which enabled that success.
People with family members born in different countries almost always get sent to secondary for no other reason. Secondary typically asks you to verify the passport information and sends you on your way. Sometimes they don't even ask to verify, I'm guessing they review the transit history and realize it's a waste of time.
There are no exceptions under the 4th amendment rights whatsoever. Our rights are inalienable rights. Inalienable Cannot be taken away from or given away by the possessor.
That’s crazy a lot of people have banking information on their cell phones meaning they can access your information and wipeout your accounts if just 1 officer is corrupt!! Or if you’re on business out of town could cause a person to lose their jobs can’t see how that’s a good idea!
You do know that a simple wipe doesn't delete it fully & a lack of data is, in itself, probable cause. Just have a burner phone with only emergency numbers on it.
It’s amazing to me that the airport is one of the very few places we can go to that as soon as we enter the doors we are automatically deprived of all constitutional rights, we are assumed to be criminally or terrorist minded, and that we must fully and immediately obey and cooperate with fellow Americans who have been given massive authority by the government. Those miserable TSA agents seem to enjoy harassing fellow Americans under the guise of aircraft safety. I try not to fly. If I can’t drive it in 8 hours it ain’t worth going to. Wife and I did go on a cruise to Alaska in 2019, and it was all I could do not to punch out couple of TSA thugs. What George Bush did in creating the “ Homeland Security Agency” was unleash untold amount of anguish on ordinary American citizens exercising rights to travel and be secure from searches and seizures.
How is this for a solution: before you travel, upload all sensitive information to a cloud-based web site. Put the contact information for that cloud site on a small slip of paper buried somewhere in a Bible you carry (I like the page with the Ten Commandments on it). Then buy a throwaway phone and have absolutely NOTHING on it, not even an outgoing phone call. Sure, they can search - here's my phone. Nothing incriminating on it. Here's my luggage. Here's my Bible, care to see if that is incriminating? What will they do with a Bible (both old and new testaments)? Search every page?
Title 18 U.S.C. section §242 deprivation of rights under color of law. Whoever under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom willfully subjects any person in any state, territory, commonwealth, possession, or district to the deprivation of any rights, liberties, privileges, immunities secured or protected by the constitution or laws of the united states... Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years,or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping,or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill,shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life or both, or may be sentenced to death.
All I do is study law study for the bar. Watch cram exam videos, look up case precedent if they get into my phone they're gonna learn something or blow a fuse.😂
I hold that if an LEO wants to see something, it is for the purpose of detecting or creating a criminal complaint because the officer you see is part of the "PROSECUTION TEAM", the smile the same way a wolf smiles at a sheep before lunch. If no, that is a problem.
Every single time I travel I'm chosen for "random" extra screening. Pretty funny how they say they scrutinize individuals and for security purposes they require extra screening but I'm as average joe as they get except I'm large, tall, slightly darker complexion, thick eyebrows with a sort of ethnically ambiguous look. I think bc they can't single out my ethnicity is why 100% of the time when I fly I'm singled out for further screening.
A few pieces of advice from a Person in I.T. (1) Disable face I.D recognition (2) Disable Finger Print I.D. Recognition (3) Use a 6 digit numeric combination or pattern recognition sequence to unlock your device (4) DO NOT USE PUBLIC WIFI under any circumstance (5) DO NOT PLUG/CHARGE any device into any airport provided charging ports/stations (6) Disable Bluetooth connections (7) if you wish to be completely secure, place the phone in a faraday bag to prevent all signal transmission
Two problems for the IT professional, 1 they don’t physically need your phone to clone it in its entirety, 2 all the security measures you say to take are by passable with a single software program regardless of the OS
@@williamelewis464 There are ways t neutralize a software based intrusion, you can alter the firmware for instance to automatically force the device into an unrecoverable state Also you cannot clone any device that is not actively or passively transmitting..Shielding a device to prevent EM snooping is easy to do
Someone said to send everything to the cloud and retrieve it later. A few problems with that 1 you're ex filtrating more data then any other app would upload. 2 the cloud company could share everything you uploaded to LE, waiving THEIR 4thA rights or probably have an agreement too. Who needs warrants? lol
What concerns me; I as a traveler have to have government ID and other information, but the current administration is allowing illegal immigrants to go in the airport and travel without ANY ID whatsoever and travel as they want.
First, I’d like them to explain what exactly information on a cell phone is illegal or contraband. I could have plans for firearms, explosives, drug recipes, etc. That information is neither illegal nor contraband AND is widely available in the U.S. (Poor Man’s James Bond (Vol 1-4), Grandads wonderful book of Chemistry, yes Anarchists Cookbook). Second, I do information security for a living. If there WERE “illegal or contraband” information, no, the TSA wouldn’t find it. I’m sorry, they may be the government, but the individual would still have to have the skill. And I know they don’t have it… Why? Because of their 50% failure rate at detecting easy things like firearms, explosives, and other contraband (anyone remember when a TSA agent claimed he saw BitCoins in someone’s bag)? Also, because I train people in information security, and detecting these things. I know what they know, and I know what they don’t know. And no, I’m mot talking James Bond level stuff.
@@ultraret I don't travel and wouldn't encounter this problem it was just a thought that came to me if your private business is automatically government business.
My advice is don't take your devices, or just get throwaway devices that don't have all your info on them. Anything you have at customs is fair game for customs to check and they can also ask you to unlock them so they can look through your messages. If you ever watch the Border Security shows on RU-vid you'll see it happen all the time, they find a message they don't like and based on that deport you,
Citizens have no rights in the United States. The only way to have electronic security is to forego electronics. My advice when traveling-if you need security-is to buy a Nokia-type 3G audio phone with no apps. Do not enter any quick-dialing at all and simply learn the 2 or 3 numbers you want or need to call. Then they can look at anything they like; there is nothing on the phone.
Companies have informed us about this for quite some time now. Don't bring company phones or laptops through US customs. Leave them at home and pick up a loan phone and/or laptop at the local office. Only an idiot would trust US airport authorities not to leak company information to security agencies and/or US competitors. The silly part is that the local offices have access to all the data through encrypted communication that, to my knowledge, can not be tapped.
Probable cause in the 4th amendment text is only to get a legal lawful valid warrant. Consent exists nowhere in the 4th amendment warrant clause, therefore consent is no exception to the warrant clause under the constitution of the united states of America supreme law of the land.
So, is the origin of this exception to the 4th amendment protections (involving the entry of people and their possessions at the border of the USA) due to the lack of any opportunity by federal officials or authority to have had control over the pre acquisition flow of commerce in material, products and services (and the transactions enabling that ownership) in the pre border crossing international realm? Presumably, they don't do this at border exit only entry because prior to exit they did have control of pre acquisition activity through commerce regulation and state and federal law.
“Seeing” a person’s cell phone to me implies looking at the physical object, not the data on it. Obtaining a person’s permission to go through the personal data seems to me a separate issue. One of my concerns in this situation is that as a woman, my personal safety even beyond the airport is in question. Bad actors are drawn to positions of authority so they can misuse it. Have there been any cases of TSA, (etc.) personnel using personal information on people’s cell phones to victimize them?
Easy thing to do when they ask for phone. Perform an immediate wipe of all info. It's all backed up in the cloud. But they get nothing and the phone is set to factory defaults and wiped. I'm prepared to do this with all my electronics including laptop too
Cell phones often contain access to online banking. Also, phones are increasingly essential for traveling - contactless payments, service and ticket reservations in apps, etc. Getting your phone seized equals to your wallet and all IDs being stolen. It could leave you stranded.
We need an app which allows you, when the phone is locked, to enter a code which wipes the phone. So when asked to unlock the phone, or provide the code, that number is keyed in instead. Afterwards phone can be restored from backup. It would be useful in various situations. Some one I know was mugged and phone stolen. Muggers made him key in his unlock code before they left.
In the Miranda Rights / They ( any Disciplinarian ) states that You have Right to an Attorney at All Stages of your ( or the ) " Proceedings " ! Do you Know if there is Law or " Any Cases " where a Detainee, Excetra Can Demand That their Own Attorneys Can Be there " At the Warrant Hearing " ? ! / I believe that " If " the Government " can " Go Behind someone's Back " to Request a Warrant then the Detainee Ought to have a Right to Representation ! / Yes I know that the Government " Would find That " Inconvenient " and I can understand that they may " Claim " Urgency " in a Situation, and sometimes there actually is !
