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Sunday, 12 February 2017
quote [ Not only is he a natural-born US citizen, but he’s also enrolled in Global Entry — a program through CBP that allows individuals who have undergone background checks to have expedited entry into the country. He hasn’t visited the countries listed in the immigration ban and he has worked at JPL — a major center at a US federal agency — for 10 years. Bikkannavar says he was detained by US Customs and Border Patrol and pressured to give the CBP agents his phone and access PIN. Since the phone was issued by NASA, it may have contained sensitive material that wasn’t supposed to be shared. ]
Hey native-born US citizen scientists -- you're not welcome here, either.
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Kama-Kiri said @ 11:46pm GMT on 12th February
My understanding is that they'll semi-randomly pull people out for spot checks. Single guys travelling alone for extended periods are more likely to get tapped.
Obviously the fastest and easiest way for you to show customs officials you are not lying is to let them cross check against your online presence / electronic communications.
The overstep here is customs pressuring people into thinking they have to comply, when in reality while it makes things easier for everyone they are only legally allowed to ask, not demand.
Kama-Kiri said @ 12:22am GMT on 13th February
My understanding is that they'll semi-randomly pull people out for spot checks. Single guys travelling alone for extended periods are more likely to get tapped. The fastest and easiest way for you to show customs officials you are not lying is to let them cross check against your online presence / electronic communications.
They have the authority to examine a phone with NASA data on it, or corporate data, or whatever. They were not correct in implying that he was legally forced to unlock his phone for them, but the shittiness of the Verge article does not make it clear if this was actually the case.
(And seriously, this is why the Verge is not a reliable media outlet despite desperately trying. This sounds like a completely routine thing that would have happened countless times in the last 8 years: you got spot checked you hand over your phone, you are back on your way in 40 minutes. That is all that happened to this guy... the sum total of his "ordeal".)
Kama-Kiri said @ 12:23am GMT on 13th February
My understanding is that they'll semi-randomly pull people out for spot checks. Single guys travelling alone for extended periods are more likely to get tapped. The fastest and easiest way for you to show customs officials you are not lying is to let them cross check against your online presence / electronic communications.
They have the authority to examine a phone with NASA data on it, or corporate data, or whatever. They were not correct in implying that he was legally forced to unlock his phone for them, but the shittiness of the Verge article does not make it clear if this was actually the case.
(And seriously, this is why the Verge is not a reliable media outlet despite desperately trying. This sounds like a completely routine thing that would have happened countless times in the last 8 years: you got spot checked you, you get your digs searched, hand over your phone, you are back on your way in 40 minutes. That is all that happened to this guy... the sum total of his "ordeal".)
Kama-Kiri said @ 12:25am GMT on 13th February
My understanding is that they'll semi-randomly pull people out for spot checks. Single guys travelling alone for extended periods are more likely to get tapped. The fastest and easiest way for you to show customs officials you are not lying is to let them cross check against your online presence / electronic communications.
They have the authority to examine a phone with NASA data on it, or corporate data, or whatever. They were not correct in implying that he was legally forced to unlock his phone for them, but the shittiness of the Verge article does not make it clear if this was actually the case.
(And seriously, this is why the Verge is not a reliable media outlet despite desperately trying. This sounds like a completely routine thing that would have happened countless times in the last 8 years: you got spot checked you, you get your digs searched, hand over your phone, you are back on your way in 40 minutes. That is all that happened to this guy... the sum total of his "ordeal".)
Kama-Kiri said @ 12:27am GMT on 13th February
My understanding is that they'll semi-randomly pull people out for spot checks. Single guys travelling alone for extended periods are more likely to get tapped. The fastest and easiest way for you to show customs officials you are not lying is to let them cross check against your online presence / electronic communications.
They have the authority to examine a phone with NASA data on it, or corporate data, or whatever. They were not correct in implying that he was legally forced to unlock his phone for them, but the shittiness of the Verge article does not make it clear if this was actually the case.
(And seriously, this is why the Verge is not a reliable media outlet despite desperately trying. This sounds like a completely routine thing that would have happened countless times in the last 8 years: you got spot checked you, you get your digs searched, hand over your phone, you are back on your way in 40 minutes. That is all that happened to this guy... the sum total of his "ordeal". That's even happened to me once - and I'm Whitey McWhiteface.)
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Kama-Kiri said @ 11:46pm GMT on 12th February
My understanding is that they'll semi-randomly pull people out for spot checks. Single guys travelling alone for extended periods are more likely to get tapped. The fastest and easiest way for you to show customs officials you are not lying is to let them cross check against your online presence / electronic communications.
They have the authority to examine a phone with NASA data on it, or corporate data, or whatever. They were not correct in implying that he was legally forced to unlock his phone for them, but the shittiness of the Verge article does not make it clear if this was actually the case.
(And seriously, this is why the Verge is not a reliable media outlet despite desperately trying. This sounds like a completely routine thing that would have happened countless times in the last 8 years: you got spot checked you, you get your digs searched, hand over your phone, you are back on your way in 40 minutes. That is all that happened to this guy... the sum total of his "ordeal". That's even happened to me once - and I'm Whitey McWhiteface.)
