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SOLAR_FIELDStoday at 2:18 PM1 replyview on HN

$5 wrench already in play, US citizen was detained at the border recently for simply wiping their phone


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mc32today at 2:24 PM

"What, like with a cloth or something?"

Destruction of potential evidence of a crime is a crime. Obviously here there is nuance and the courts can determine if this is the right interpretation or not. If he had compromising information and he reasonable suspicion he’d be asked to unlock his phone he should have “wiped” it way before he got to the border.

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