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New Zealand Changes Law to Demand Phone Passwords to Search Devices at Border

posted by martyb on Friday October 05 2018, @04:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-"border"-not-"boarder" dept.

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New Zealand will now fine travellers who do not provide phone passwords when they cross the New Zealand border. Travellers who refuse to provide the password to their mobile device will be hit with a fine of up to $5000. This change to NZ law does not bode well for the New Zealand travel industry with an averse reaction from tourists who will now avoid New Zealand. Previously NZ customs officers could demand that a device be relinquished but not the password to unlock it. The intent of the access is to search the phone file-by-file where customs have a "reasonable cause to suspect" that a search is required. In 2017 a total of 537 searches were carried out. The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties has objected to the new law describing it as a grave invasion of personal privacy". Travellers have taken to social media to express their opinion on the new law.

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  • (Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Friday October 05 2018, @10:56PM

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <axehandleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Friday October 05 2018, @10:56PM (#744832)

    So you are saying I should now enter New Zealand with a wiped phone/laptop like I would do in China...

    That's EXACTLY what I do when visiting the US.

    ...(the way this is going, I am starting to get the idea that all international travel should be done in this state)

    I've had that idea for some time.

    ...and download everything over encrypted lines once in country?

    That's something that I have the luxury of not needing to worry aout.

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