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U.S. customs searched a record number of electronic devices last year— Recently revised directive adds flash drives, smart watches to searchable devices (www.cbc.ca)
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United States customs officers conducted a record number of searches of electronic devices last year of people travelling to the U.S., and a recent update to its directives adds new devices such as smart watches, SIM cards and flash drives to the list of things subject to search.

Officers searched 55,318 computers, cellphones and other devices in 2025, up 17.6 per cent from the 47,047 devices searched in 2024 and up 32.4 per cent from the 41,767 devices searched in 2023, according to statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

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[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Just make a zip bomb and brick their PCs. nakedhumans42.zip will need to be inspected.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Have it take over the computers camera, take a picture of them, use AI to remove their clothes, do a Nelson HaHa pointing at the camera pic, then brick the computer.