Border Crossings
Important points from this story:
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The person blocked from entering the US didn’t commit any crime. He even tried to provide evidence that he wasn’t guilty of the crime they said he was committing. CBP didn’t care, and blocked him anyway, with no recourse. (I’ll let you ponder whether him being gay had anything to do with him being blocked.)
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When he tried to cross a second time, he offered to give CBP his passwords. They they didn’t need them, because they’d already saved them from the last time he tried to cross. (Change your passwords people.)
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He’d wiped his device beforehand. CBP took this as an indication of suspicious behaviour. They told him: Next time you come through, don’t have a cleared phone."
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This happened on Canadian soil, in Vancouver.
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Canada is in the process of increasing the powers of American border agents within Canada.
The net result: You have no hope of protecting yourself from invasion of privacy and unjust treatment when trying to enter the US. If CBP wants to use your personal data to find a pretext to exclude you, they can, and will.