I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again. Neither should you.
Curated from: medium.com
Explore the World's Best Ideas
Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.
Why you shouldn't bring your phone on an international flight
What’s the worst thing that could happen if the Customs and Border Patrol succeed in getting hold of your unlocked phone?
- Think of all the people you've ever called or emailed, or connected with on Facebook and LinkedIn. What are the chances that one of them has committed a serious crime?
- Have you ever taken a photo at a protest, bought a controversial book? That information is now part of your permanent record. It could be dragged out as evidence against you if you ever end up in court.
- The more places your data ends up, the larger a hacker’s “attack surface” is.
5
3 reads
Your fourth and fifth amendment rights
The fourth amendment protects you against unreasonable search and seizure. The fifth amendment protects you against self-Incrimination.
But it's completely legal for a customs and border patrol officer to ask you to unlock your phone and hand it over to them. The border is technically outside of US jurisdiction, in a sort of legal no-man’s-land.
5
3 reads
The US isn’t the only country that does this
Companies like Elcomsoft make “forensic software” that can download all your photos, contacts — even passwords for your email and social media accounts — in a matter of minutes.
It’s illegal in most countries to profile individual travellers. But it is only a matter of time before downloading the contents of people's phones becomes routine for entering a county. This already happens in Canada.
5
3 reads
You can’t hand over a device that you don’t have
When you travel internationally, you should leave your mobile phone and laptop at home.
You can rent phones at most International airports that include data plans. If you have family overseas, you can buy a second phone and laptop and leave them there at their home. You could also reset your phone to its factory settings before boarding an international flight, knowing that there won't be any personal data on it.
5
3 reads
IDEAS CURATED BY
Lucas Jackson's ideas are part of this journey:
Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection
Creating a productive schedule
Avoiding procrastination
Prioritizing tasks effectively
Related collections
Similar ideas
2 ideas
4 ideas
Focus Phone for Productivity & Mindfulness
atrhein.medium.com
10 ideas
Why You Should Not Sleep With Your Cell Phone at Night
verywellhealth.com
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates