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Former Mozilla CTO Harassed at the US Border

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This is a pretty awful story of how Andreas Gal, former Mozilla CTO and US citizen, was detained and threatened at the US border. CBP agents demanded that he unlock his phone and computer.

Know your rights when you enter the US. The EFF publishes a handy guide. And if you want to encrypt your computer so that you are unable to unlock it on demand, here’s my guide. Remember not to lie to a customs officer; that’s a crime all by itself.

Tags: ACLU, borders, national security policy, searches

Posted on April 4, 2019 at 2:10 PM39 Comments

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