leaMar 29, 2024
If you're not from the US and want to travel here. Don't.

I thought as a (German and white) visitor I'm gonna be fine.

Border and customs protection took my phone, forced me to unlock it and stole god knows what data from it. The agent was powertripping and made sure to let me know that I am powerless and he can just send me home or do godknowswhat to me.

He directly said "if you're annoying I'm just sending you home".

Apparently my trans ass was part of a "random search". Lol.

I'm fine now and with Lexi luckily. I don't know what kind of malware is on my phone, or what they took from it. I've been crying all throughout my connecting flight.

This place is a dystopian shithole. Please don't go here.

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Show threadezra Mar 29, 2024

@lea forcing you to unlock it is a direct violation of the fifth amendment. they illegally forced you into it.

GOD airports suck here. i've been sexually assaulted twice, once by tsa giving me a "totally normal pat down"

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@lea oh this article is actually super helpful https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/bill-rights-border-fifth-amendment-protections-account-passwords-and-device
The Bill of Rights at the Border: Fifth Amendment Protections for Account Passwords and Device Passcodes

This is the third and final installment in our series on the Constitution at the border. Today, we’ll focus on the Fifth Amendment and passwords. Click here for Part 1 on the First Amendment or Part 2 on the Fourth Amendment. Lately, a big question on everyone's mind has been: Do I have to give my...

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Show threadMei Lin     Apr 3, 2024
@ezra @lea
I may not want to go to that dystopia, but it needs to be shared.