Border phone searches are in the news a lot lately. Last month, a French scientist was allegedly blocked from coming to a conference in Houston after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) found ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has increased searches and detainments of travelers entering the country, scrutinizing social media and political views. Travelers within 100 miles of any U.S. port ...

Your smartphone probably holds more personal information about you than any other device you own. So the last thing you’d want to do is hand over all that data to a stranger, especially when you’re ...

ESTA, Green Card or not, officials from US Customs and Border Protection ultimately decide on who does and doesn't enter the US. Glenn Fawcett/CBP/Department of ...

A burner phone might be one way to avoid having your personal data scrutinized when crossing U.S. borders, even if you're not hiding anything. Travelers are facing higher scrutiny when attempting to ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers don’t need a warrant to search your electronic devices when you enter the country — even for U.S. citizens. U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Facebook ...

A U.S. citizen and NASA engineer returning from a trip abroad says he was held at the border by U.S. Customs officers who demanded that he unlock his phone. Sidd Bikkannavar said in a post on social ...