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How to Use 1Password's Travel Mode at the Border (2025)
Travel Mode not only hides your most sensitive data—it acts as if that data never existed in the first place.
“You can state that you don’t consent to such a search, but unfortunately, this likely won’t prevent Customs and Border Protection from taking your phone,” according to the Texas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. 1Password has an emergency kit, which includes your secret key, login email, a setup QR code, and a space to write (or type) your master password. Technically, CBP isn’t allowed to turn off Travel Mode through the browser on your laptop, but that doesn’t account for any rogue actors or other, more strict border agencies.
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