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Australian man says border force made him hand over phone passcode

Tech entrepreneur who lives in the US says he has been held up at Sydney airport for hours three times in the past year

Chris*, an Australian tech entrepreneur who lives in the US with his wife and children, said he has been held up at Sydney airport for hours three times in the past year during trips to visit his family, including most recently just over a week ago. “Warrantless search and seizure enables any law-abiding citizen to be subjected to an unlimited fishing expedition on the whim of any officer at any time, with zero judicial oversight or review, zero checks and balances, and zero right to obtain any information about why they are being targeted. “The Human Rights Law Centre has consistently raised concerns around the lack of transparency, safeguards and oversight of ABF’s extraordinary powers to seize electronic devices at borders,” he said.

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