✨Yael Grauer ✨

Lately, I've been getting a lot of questions about travel and border security. Here are some resources I've compiled, in no specific order.

Is it safe to travel with your phone right now?

https://www.theverge.com/policy/634264/customs-border-protection-search-phone-airport-rights

Is it safe to travel with your phone right now?

Customs and Border Protection searches of phones and laptops at airports are on the rise, sometimes leading to deportations. What are your rights? The answer: it depends.

The Verge
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ACLU's Know Your Rights: Enforcement at the Airport

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-encountering-law-enforcement-airports-and-other-ports-entry-us

Know Your Rights | Enforcement at the Airport | ACLU

American Civil Liberties Union
Show thread✨Yael Grauer ✨Jun 25

Wired: How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact

https://www.wired.com/2017/02/guide-getting-past-customs-digital-privacy-intact/

How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact

Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Protection accessing your data.

WIRED
Show thread✨Yael Grauer ✨Jun 25

EFF and Freedom of the Press Foundation's guide on preparing devices for travel through a US border

https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/border-security/

Preparing devices for travel through a US border

US border searches of electronic devices put journalists’ work at risk. But there’s a lot you can do to be prepared

Freedom of the Press
Show thread✨Yael Grauer ✨Jun 25
EFF's 2017 guide here: https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017
Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your Devices

by Sophia Cope, Amul Kalia, Seth Schoen, and Adam SchwartzDownload the report as a PDF.EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe U.S. government reported a five-fold increase in the number of electronic media searches at the border in a single year, from 4,764 in 2015 to 23,877 in 2016.[fn] Gillian Flaccus, Electronic...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Show thread✨Yael Grauer ✨Jun 25

Activist Checklist has a travel and flight security checklist for activists

https://activistchecklist.org/travel/

Travel & Flight Security | Digital Security Checklists for Activists

Who this checklist is for: ...

Activist Checklist
Show thread✨Yael Grauer ✨Jun 25

For Proton users specifically (I'm NOT one of them), see step 7 about deleting and reinstating your Proton account (however note that this is from 2017)

https://proton.me/blog/border-crossing-protect-electronics

How to protect your phone or computer when crossing borders (2025 update) | Proton

There are ways to protect your data when crossing international borders if you understand the technology and the law.

Proton