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Travelling to the US - precautions? (lemmy.nine-hells.net)

submitted 8 months ago by falcon15500@lemmy.nine-hells.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hi all,

I am travelling soon to the US, for my vocation and as a long-time private person I will be taking some steps to maintain my privacy as I enter the country.

As this is an interesting area of the topic, I have decided to throw the question open to all of you.

What precautions (IT, physical, mental, otherwise) do you undertake when travelling internationally?

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[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Anything email or text related on your phone should be printed off. If you hand the border agent your phone they will take that opportunity to read your recent texts and emails.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I've never seen this, but I still get physical boarding passes every time. At most airports, you just scan your phone and the agent waves you on. However, if you hand a police officer of any variety your phone, they can attempt to access whatever they want w/o a warrant, which sucks, so it's not really a risk worth taking when you can usually print a boarding pass at a kiosk.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 5 points 8 months ago

It happens frequently if you're bussing into the US. Using a poor person's method of travel makes them very suspicious

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Ah, makes sense. My coworker is from Mexico, and he says it's best to either walk or drive into the US, don't take transit.

[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

They don’t have time to give a shit about each individual that goes through customs

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