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No Warrant Needed: Border Agents in NY, CT, and VT Can Now Search Your Phone
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this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2026
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Refusing to unlock your properly secured device for them will result in its confiscation and perhaps your detention.
Password managers and browser history are sticking points. You could not use your device for anything, but one of your services might rat you out.
You kinda need a travel phone.
If you're a us citizen, they cannot detain you indefinitely. What that means isn't legally defined yet, but seems to be around 4 - 8 hours.
Edit: apparently no longer true.
CPB statement
And that's 2021 before things started getting hot.
Thanks for that correction.