cdrnsf2d ago

How to Keep ICE Agents Out of Your Devices at Airports

https://theintercept.com/2026/03/25/ice-airports-phone-security-privacy-safety/

How to Keep ICE Agents Out of Your Phone at the Airport

If you’re traveling through an airport, follow these digital security practices to keep CBP or ICE from getting into your phone.

The Intercept
Show threadnine_k2d ago

The usual fare: log out, disable biometrics, use long pins and passwords, power off. Prefer a burner device, or clean your device and restore when you arrive.

I remember how Google's internal guidelines for travel circa 2011 required to remove any material under NDA from your laptop when traveling to China or Russia; you had to restore it over the VPN after a safe arrival. Funny that now the same precautions apply to the US :((

Show threadjoe_mamba2d ago

>you had to restore it over the VPN after a safe arrival

How do you restore it via VPN? Don't you first need a workable OS to connect to VPN first?

Show threadf1shy
“Remove material under NDA” not format blank the computer.
Mar 25 at 3:40pmWeb