[2017-03-06] U.S. Customs Agents Are Coercing for Mobile Passwords

[TwoTimes]

Now bitcoiners have another topic to consider as Trump has beefed up U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) policies with agents searching the phones of travelers at border checkpoints.

There are many different aspects concerning Bitcoin under the Trump administration. Everything from Bitcoin supporters being appointed to the administration, the planned wall in Mexico, and the possibility of some financial regulations ending. However, Bitcoin proponents may have something to worry about if they travel inside the U.S. border. According to various reports, CBP agents are increasingly searching phones and electronic devices. Even though the CBP and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) legally cannot search electronic devices without a warrant they have been doing so for quite some time. Just recently a U.S.-born scientist was forced to reveal his NASA-issued mobile phone password at a border checkpoint.

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[coolcoinz]

This is stupid, I wouldn't reveal my password to any customs officer. They should refuse and file a complaint instead of agreeing to these searches, especially if people aren't legally obliged to do so.
I'm living in the EU and I've never been asked for passwords. Usually if you have a laptop you are asked to turn it on, but that's it.

[Iranus]

This is stupid, I wouldn't reveal my password to any customs officer. They should refuse and file a complaint instead of agreeing to these searches, especially if people aren't legally obliged to do so.
I'm living in the EU and I've never been asked for passwords. Usually if you have a laptop you are asked to turn it on, but that's it.

True, also in the EU and all you have to do is prove that it's a real phone by leaving it on.  Phone searches are a ridiculous invasion of privacy, although fortunately Bitcoin isn't illegal in itself so if people take caution with their computers e.g. not having Tor installed or uninstalling it if they have it, they should be pretty safe.  It may even be reasonable to file complaints just out of principle rather than out of fear of getting caught anywhere.

[Kprawn]

It is easy to hide a Sim card or to use online services & wallets for your Bitcoin purchases. What are they going to find if you setup the wallet

after you entered the country and uninstall it before you leave? They should rather welcome the income that enters the country via Bitcoin being

used at merchants within the country. You pay tax on all your purchases, when you use your Bitcoins in the USA. 

[RodeoX]

I travel a lot but so far have not been asked this. If I were I can tell you that there is no chance I will provide such information. They will simply be handed a card from my lawyer. I have all the time in the world.
 

[BurtW]

How can they search your head for the password to an online wallet?  You can transport an unlimited amount of value in a password in your head.

[Papa Bear]

The implications of these events with U.S. customs can be frightening for all individuals who recognize privacy as a fundamental sovereign right. All of the sudden, certain rules under Trump’s new guidelines may not be so pleasing to bitcoin enthusiasts after all.

[notthematrix]

Bring a factory resetet default phone...
store info on encrypted micro SD card... moy in phone.
for bitcoin memorize the seed .. then it will never be detected.