Saturday 17 September 2022

US border forces are seizing Americans' phone data and storing it for 15 years

US border forces are seizing Americans' phone data and storing it for 15 years

If a traveler's phone, tablet or computer ever gets searched at an airport, American border authorities could add data from their device to a massive database that can be accessed by thousands of government officials. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leaders have admitted to lawmakers in a briefing that its officials are adding information to a database from as many as 10,000 devices every year, The Washington Post reports.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/us-border-forces-traveler-data-15-years-085106938.html?source=Snapzu

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