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Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search

posted by Fnord666 on Friday April 05 2019, @07:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-one-is-immune dept.

canopic jug writes:

Former Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal has filed a complaint against US customs agents for aggressive interrogation and demanding the passcodes for his phones and laptops and denying him access to an attorney. His expedited Global Entry status was revoked for allegedly refusing to comply with the search. Andreas and the ACLU are requesting an investigation into the incident. He works for Apple these days.

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  • (Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Friday April 05 2019, @02:32PM (5 children)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Friday April 05 2019, @02:32PM (#824917)

    So what happens these days if one goes through customs without a cell phone or laptop? Is that illegal? Or is it not even possible to get in there in the first place without using a smart phone "app"?

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  • (Score: 2) by urza9814 on Friday April 05 2019, @04:29PM (3 children)

    by urza9814 (3954) on Friday April 05 2019, @04:29PM (#824988) Journal

    Get a phone with a removable battery, ship the battery ahead of your arrival. You think they've got a spare for that particular model handy?

    Alternatively...They can compel a search of the phone, but can they compel you to reassemble it if you carry it in pieces?

    • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday April 05 2019, @05:04PM

      by Freeman (732) on Friday April 05 2019, @05:04PM (#825002) Journal

      At this point, I'm all for, having a different phone in each country. Leave my main phone at home, backup the contents somewhere, and get a new phone for every place I need it. There's compatibility issues between networks and the like anyway, so may as well get a cheapo phone when traveling to a new place. Unless, you really can't be without candy crush for a day.

      --
      Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"

    • (Score: 2) by DrkShadow on Friday April 05 2019, @09:37PM

      by DrkShadow (1404) on Friday April 05 2019, @09:37PM (#825135)

      Most phones start with just the charger attached.

      Will their data-sucking gear provide power as well?....

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @12:35PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @12:35PM (#830976)

      Of course not. They will lock you up for contempt while they hunt around for spare parts to get your phone running.
      Think of how many phones they have confiscated over the years.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @12:37PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @12:37PM (#830978)

    buy a cheap $40 phone that can only use wifi so no sim card that only has the app on it
    easy

    and don't tell them about your actual phone inside your laptop case