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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn’t a cell phone search contrary to the fourth amendment?[/quote]

Yes.  [b]They need a warrant for your passcode if you are a US citizen.  [/b]You have to hand over your phone.  And they can hold it for a few days and try to get in without your cooperation. But, they have to give you a receipt and return the phone after a set number of days. And they can ask you to unlock it. And you can say no, they can’t hold you if you do (again, they can hold the phone for a few days though).

But FFS, turn off Face ID/ thumbprint ID at the border and have a robust passcode. Preferably one you have never used before and will never use again.

And noncitizens can be refused entry if they don’t unlock. Honestly, I wouldn’t travel to any country that was routinely making me unlock my phone for them to screen my social media. That’s some North Korean level sh&t. I wouldn’t travel visit us right now. To bad, so sad for small businesses who rely on foreign tourism. [/quote]

No warrant is needed at a border crossing. US citizenship or not [b]you have to unlock[/b] your phone and hand it over. Over spring break many people(US passports) were scrubbing their phone before going through customs. Talk to some of them. They said sign out of all apps, delete the apps, delete all your text history, etc and restart. After US customs people were reloading their phones.

Great time to be an American. If I was a foreigner, green card, etc would not travel outside the US. If you are a foreigner forget about traveling to the US.[/quote]

[b]You do NOT have to unlock your phone.[/b]  You do have to turn it over.  Turn off biometrics before coming through US immigration.[/quote]

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