Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border

	Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border(nytimes.com)
	1089 points by floathub 53 days ago \| 1339 comments
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	HN Discussion: ↑Border searches violate fundamental human rights to privacy as codified internationally ↑Technical solutions like duress passwords and encrypted imaging should protect travelers from border searches ~Questions the legal framing of whether erasing data constitutes destroying evidence ↑Travelers must adopt burner phone practices to avoid data seizure risks ↑Ironic observation that the border official technically triggered the wipe via duress PIN