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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.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by edIII on Saturday October 06 2018, @01:31AM
Who says I'm hiding? I would have a burner phone, but one I bought in their country for low-security communications. When they ask why I am phoneless, I will be brutally fucking honest, "Because you have no right to invade my privacy without due process and just cause, so I left my real data protected at home in the USA. If I need anything I will just use secure connections back to my servers."
I already have a policy of not travelling with any important hardware now. Not worth the risk, and not worth fighting those Stormtroopers to get my shit back after 4 months. Disposable computing/comminications FTW.
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