Thread | Brutkey

My niece comes to the U.S. most years from Europe to visit her grandfather.

This year she was stopped at the airport, taken into an interrogation room, accused of being a prostitute, had her phone taken and scanned, and released.

You know, in case you were wondering why tourism to the U.S. is down.

GayDeceiver
@GayDeceiver@mstdn.social

@kralcttam@mastodon.social If I ever travel outside the US again, before I get on the return flight, I'll wipe my phone, since I have a nice backup on the cloud, go through customs, and then restore.

... that's if I'm allowed back in the States again. You know ... because ... reasons ...

T.B. Cristão :verified:
@Bellissiamo@mstdn.social

@GayDeceiver@mstdn.social @kralcttam@mastodon.social you might want to watch this video first. Better solution would be to purchase a cheap handset specifically for travel with minimal data.

The authorities already have the ability to retrieve deleted data, and routinely ask individuals to explain why they’ve recently deleted large amounts of information from their [own] devices.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9y68MhF7Y4

Frank Heijkamp
@alterelefant@mastodontech.de

@Bellissiamo@mstdn.social
Don't travel to the US of A if you don't need to. No tourism from Europe to America anymore. We will spend our holiday money elsewhere.

To all US citizens who return home, we feel your pain.

If you feel like moving to The Netherlands, know that there is the bilateral 'Dutch American Friendship Treaty' DAFT. This might provided a fast track route for you to the low lands.

https://dutchamericanfriendship.com/

@GayDeceiver@mstdn.social @kralcttam@mastodon.social