Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
In this digital age, you can generally and safely assume that a border agent in most Western countries will know a lot more about you and your movements than you think. They also usually have specific training and considerable experience in detecting mis-information and know what to look for, it's not exactly an unusual event. Moreover if an agent detects one inexactitude, maybe on something trivial, the usualy mindset would be to find out what else you have to hide.
I don't think this is even limited to western countries; I was questioned about my travel history in Karachi a few years ago. I think it's safe to assume that even "developing" countries are at least collaborating with either western or Chinese (or both) intelligence and share traveler information. I would not break covid rules in any country right now, especially in the Middle East.