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Tech Talk: What you need to know about crossing the US border with your phone
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It started in 2009, and according to what senior intelligence officials have told NBC News, ramped up in 2016 when the FBI was unable to stop American citizens from conducting attacks inside the country they call home. Civil rights groups and lawmakers are split over the constitutionality of this, but the Department of Homeland Security stands firm that it can conduct warrantless searches of electronics at the U.S. border and they have more guns so they win. Your company probably has very strict access rules for its information and may have an existing policy; a large car manufacturer has told its employees to refuse and get on the first plane back to Germany, for example.
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