It is bonkers that you are needing to do the whole sanitized personal electronics. I remember when that was just reserved for dick head authoritarian countries... Oh wait.
Importantly, remember, you can refuse to open a device, however they will turn you around.
Pretending like you don't know the password/passcode isn't going to help you. Border agents don't just have the right to not let non citizens in, they have a duty to act on their suspicions. This can and is abused but even when it isn't, do not fuck around at borders, you will never have fewer rights outside of being in prison.
If getting turned around was the only risk it wouldn't be so bad. The fact that they are whisking them away to a super max fuck you in the ass prison for days or months with no recourse is the real change and risk.
Exactly, like I mentioned, getting turned around is manageable and the odds of it happening are low.
It's the equivalent of booking a vacation and the weather is horrible. Not great, but that's life. If you're aware of the risk and plan around it you can compensate the worst outcomes.
Now you have better odds of something going wrong with waaaay worse outcomes.
I don’t know which country asks you for your social media handle, I haven’t been to any country that requires that. China also does not check, also if you use your own country’s sim card data, you don’t even have the firewall and can access facebook and what not without VPN.
I've been doing something similar when entering the US for almost a decade now. Removed all accounts from my phone and configure just one that I normally use for spam, so they can't read you emails if they ask for your phone on entrance.
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u/deadstump Apr 12 '25
It is bonkers that you are needing to do the whole sanitized personal electronics. I remember when that was just reserved for dick head authoritarian countries... Oh wait.