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[–] Z4rK@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I literally have nothing to hide, but conveniently have just reset my phone whenever I’m flying into the US.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Unfortunately, "the border", as defined in US customs law, extends 100 miles inland from the coast. That covers the entire urbanized eastern and western seaboards, or 2/3 of the US population.

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone

[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Holy shit. If I'm mathing correctly, that's like 12% of the entire land mass of the contiguous US.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

And also where most of the people live.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

It's also where a majority of the population lives.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They've also been trying to claim that international airports are "external boundaries", and that their power extends 100 out from there. So even "safe" places like, say, Denver or Indianapolis or St. Louis wouldn't be safe if they have their way.

[–] invno1@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

Talk about overreach.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

And into most of Canada :)

[–] 2Xtreme21@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My company will give you a blank laptop if you have confidential information on it when traveling to the US. The policy is always to comply and hand over everything if asked so they want to minimize any risks of information falling into the wrong hands.

That policy also applies for traveling to China. So it’s pretty telling that my company thinks the US and Chinese governments are both risks to its intellectual property.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

Well, they are...

At least China doesn't try to hide it I guess

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You can setup Syncthing to be able to quickly redownload everything after you reset your phone.

[–] Z4rK@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Well, but I specifically don’t want to quickly resync anything while I’m in the US. I’ll have what I need of documents on a Proton Drive or similar.

I’ll turn back on iCloud sync later.

[–] GandarfDeGrape@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

Oh this is nice. Thanks for the link!