How to protect your personal data from U.S. border officers
- 7 years ago
WASHINGTON — Businesspeople and journalists have long been paranoid about protecting their personal data when visiting countries like China and Russia.
But now travelers to the U.S. are reporting increasingly invasive behavior by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.
In one recently publicized case, a Canadian man missed his flight to the U.S. after a Customs and Border Protection officer used his passwords to access profiles on a gay hookup app and website and assumed he was a sex worker, the Daily Xtra reported.
According to the Center for Democracy & Technology, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is considering a requirement to inspect the “online presence” and social media use of a visitor passing through a border checkpoint.
This animation illustrates suggestions from Wired magazine for those traveling to the U.S. who would like to keep their privacy — and dignity — intact at the border.
But now travelers to the U.S. are reporting increasingly invasive behavior by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.
In one recently publicized case, a Canadian man missed his flight to the U.S. after a Customs and Border Protection officer used his passwords to access profiles on a gay hookup app and website and assumed he was a sex worker, the Daily Xtra reported.
According to the Center for Democracy & Technology, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is considering a requirement to inspect the “online presence” and social media use of a visitor passing through a border checkpoint.
This animation illustrates suggestions from Wired magazine for those traveling to the U.S. who would like to keep their privacy — and dignity — intact at the border.