Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
It's best to make it difficult for the government to too easily snoop into the lives of free persons. When crossing the US border, that means not handing over access passcodes for encrypted devices/information. CBP can take the device and search it -- they can even copy and try to crack into its contents -- but they can assume my passcodes won't be given. They can also assume that I make a practice of wiping clean my travel device for my cross-border trips.
Originally Posted by
guflyer
According to this article, this is not the case as forensic software can access all deleted photos, messages, etc.
That depends. They can't always access all that deleted information. And even if in some magical world they could access all the deleted data on devices transported across borders, let's just say there are ways to use devices that access information that doesn't get stored on the devices being transported. We still have ways to frustrate nosy busybodies.
