How to protect your privacy if USA airport security demands cell phone, Facebook password - TomoNews

WASHINGTON — Businesspeople and journalists have long been paranoid about protecting their personal data when visiting countries like China and Russia.

But now travelers to the U.S. are reporting increasingly invasive behavior by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.

In one recently publicized case, a Canadian man missed his flight to the U.S. after a Customs and Border Protection officer used his passwords to access profiles on a gay hookup app and website and assumed he was a sex worker, the Daily Xtra reported.

According to the Center for Democracy & Technology, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is considering a requirement to inspect the “online presence” and social media use of a visitor passing through a border checkpoint.

This animation illustrates suggestions from Wired magazine for those traveling to the U.S. who would like to keep their privacy — and dignity — intact at the border.

----------------------------------------­---------------------

Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off.

For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:

Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:

Stay connected with us here:

-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Please watch: "Crying dog breaks the internet’s heart — but this sad dog story has a happy ending"
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

[Draslox]

We don't have an privacy these days

[wraynephew]

We should not have to go through this at all. The U.S Government needs to recognize our constitutional rights. The Courts need to stop making exceptions to our protected rights

[Unknown-czdt]

just use a samsung note 7... self destruction

[_O_]

The reason they look at phones is because the 4th ammendment is not valid at the border thanks to a few loopholes.

[Adblockersaregood]

If you want to get kick out of a country do what they said.

[HitomiNoRyu]

HA! Joke's on you! I never made a Facebook account nor hooked up my email to my phone! **double middle fingers**

[azrieljale]

This whole channel feels like ads that run inside GTA 5 TV lol

[adventureseeker]

I swear it's almost not worth having a smartphone anymore.

[galacticpulsegaming]

Never getting hacked because I use the kind of device

[Epiccatsandkittens]

I would just say I don't have social media. I just text and talk.

[Techno-Universal]

1:04
This is what you should do when travelling to China as when you enter the country they will install monitoring software on your device which utilises back doors to give the authorities full remote access to your data on the device. They also may retain access to your device after you leave the country.

[knightrider]

Why are you giving advice like this so criminals can learn it if you are clean you don’t have to worry about nothing I was checked randomly so what let them do there job

[dembuckeyes]

well damn is this the handbook for trying to get in the us

[Sleepeasy-qwnx]

Just get a cheap flip phone for travel

[XXXX]

Make a blog post instead. This isn’t video content

[oskarobertson]

Just delete the Facebook app before going through security and reinstall on the or there side

[hawaiianchuck-norris]

im in Hawai'i its the 50th us state and also we want to make sure our country is safe and secure not dangerous and unpoliced

[psycoticphun]

my cell phone has a default function if you put in the wrong password 3 time it resets the phone to factory settings if i were to travel id mail my phone ahead of me

[MylarBalloonLover]

I only have a Nokia 6300 from 2007 not a smartphone no internet on it. would I be deported if I came to the US with it and the customs cannot check my facebook etc?

[kellyshea]

encrypt your phone and SD cards. most phones comes with that now like my LG G5. it can encrypt my phone and the SD card and only my phone can unencrypt the SD card thats used with it