{"id":18253,"date":"2025-03-26T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/how-to-protect-your-phone-and-data-privacy-at-the-us-border\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:38:00","slug":"how-to-protect-your-phone-and-data-privacy-at-the-us-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/how-to-protect-your-phone-and-data-privacy-at-the-us-border\/","title":{"rendered":"How to protect your phone and data privacy at the US border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With reports of people being turned away at airports over messages found on devices, here\u2019s what to do to minimize risks<\/p>\n<p><em>Welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/series\/opt-out\">Opt Out<\/a>, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/mar\/25\/opt-out-23andme-account-dna-data-privacy\">what to do with your 23andMe account after the company filed bankruptcy<\/a>. If you\u2019d like to skip to a section about a particular tip, click the \u201cJump to\u201d menu at the top of this article.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a visa or green card holder with plans to travel to the US, reports of people being turned away at airports over messages found on their devices might be prompting you to second-guess your travel plans. You might be asking whether Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can search your phone, whether you can opt out and what you should do to minimize your risks.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/mar\/26\/phone-search-privacy-us-border-immigration\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b0b5aba4dd5f4eee1395293d82448761e0e9bf46\/0_0_4800_2879\/master\/4800.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=96f56ef86f643045f720ab909e34de5a\" title=\"How to protect your phone and data privacy at the US border\" \/>With reports of people being turned away at airports over messages found on devices, here\u2019s what to do to minimize risks<br \/>\nWelcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered what to do with your 23andMe account after the company filed bankruptcy. If you\u2019d like to skip to a section about a particular tip, click the \u201cJump to\u201d menu at the top of this article.<br \/>\nIf you\u2019re a visa or green card holder with plans to travel to the US, reports of people being turned away at airports over messages found on their devices might be prompting you to second-guess your travel plans. You might be asking whether Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can search your phone, whether you can opt out and what you should do to minimize your risks. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With reports of people being turned away at airports over messages found on devices, here\u2019s what to do to minimize risks Welcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered what to do with your &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/how-to-protect-your-phone-and-data-privacy-at-the-us-border\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to protect your phone and data privacy at the US border<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18253"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}