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Experience crossing into the USA? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ohshit604@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Afternoon y’all.

My company is trying to get me to go to the US to train some folks in our department, the problem is I don’t trust the US border agency whatsoever especially when it comes to my digital devices.

My boss crosses weekly so it makes me think there won’t be an issue however, I really don’t want to take the chance of being searched.

What’s been your recent experience crossing the border?

Edit: I should note that I haven’t left my province in about 15 years so this is all new to me.

Edit 2: Thank you all for the responses, I spoke with a majority of my co-workers and HR and for the most part everyone agrees that the Americans should come up to Canada or we train someone who is comfortable entering the US.

My HR department is going to speak with my boss hopefully sorts out a plan that works with everyone.

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[-] rxbudian@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

One possible solution for computers is to have your company IT set up a laptop in the US and let you remote in and complete the set up, so you don't have to bring your laptop across the border.
For the phone, if it's short enough, you can bring a company phone with none of your personal stuff there and auto forward your personal phone to the company phone. That would mean you won't have access to your personal phone for the duration.
Some communication tools allow connections to a computer, so if your company lets you set up a laptop remotely like above, you can try connecting them to the laptop, some allow remote pairing, others require the phone to be on the same network and may not work. I think WhatsApp and Facebook have a windows app and browser app. Signal also have a windows app.

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