Originally Posted by
jphripjah
If you turn on your iPad and enter the password and show it to a CBP officer so that he can see a receipt/photo, then you may end up with a CBP officer searching the entire contents of your iPad. I keep my devices off and/or password locked when I'm around CBP officers.
Best to use encryption and otherwise locking devices/files, even if you are convinced there is nothing incriminating on your devices. People who suspect others tend to imagine suspicious activity even where there is no suspicious criminal activity. Confirmation bias.