<story><title>Digital Privacy at the U.S Border: A New How-To Guide from EFF</title><url>https://www.eff.org/press/releases/digital-privacy-us-border-new-how-guide-eff</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>lemming</author><text>&lt;i&gt;The U.S. government reported a five-fold increase in the number of electronic media searches at the border in a single year, from 4,764 in 2015 to 23,877 in 2016.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s worth pointing out that this isn&amp;#x27;t all Trump related, things have been heading in this direction for a while now. Trump has made the border crossing into the Stanford Prison Experiment, though.</text></comment>
<story><title>Digital Privacy at the U.S Border: A New How-To Guide from EFF</title><url>https://www.eff.org/press/releases/digital-privacy-us-border-new-how-guide-eff</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>df3</author><text>For US citizens, encrypting your device, backing up with cloud storage, and accepting that your device may be seized if you don&amp;#x27;t provide passwords at the border sounds like the most usable (albeit imperfect) solution.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not too concerned about my personal data at the moment. I interact with many non-citizens on a regular basis, and I am concerned that a misinterpreted Facebook message or email could land them in hot water.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not just ourselves we&amp;#x27;re protecting, but also our friends, family and colleagues.</text></comment>