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How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border

  • Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess--Wired
  • published date: 2025-04-21 10:30:00 UTC

Custom and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.

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