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>>el_dud+(OP)
The US is forcing its tourists to give away a list of all their social media accounts and all their email accounts. If you're a foreign journalist writing pseudonymously for your safety, you must now share that information with the US government to enter the country. This isn't quite on the level of forcing people to install malware on their phone yet, but give it a couple years.

>>murbar+04
They already can force you to give up physical access to your phone, which is basically the worst option.

>>folkra+N6
They can't force you to unlock it, however.

>>saagar+A7
Well, they can confiscate it and/or deport you if you don't.

>>pjc50+T8
Sure. If you're not a citizen, they can also probably hold you for a while too. But I don't think they can compel you to unlock the device.

>>saagar+A9
In reality most tourist will hand over their devices though, to avoid being sent back to their country of origin.

>>augste+ya
Yeah, nobody is going to ruin their entire vacation by stonewalling the border security. This is why my friend let a border agent view her Tinder messages to ensure that "she wasn't coming for sex work," and then endured his parting words: "well, it seems that you're a good girl ;)."

>>hombre+Pj
Looks like the US is implementing the same policy Israel had for years. Make people feel like shit for coming into the country. I've been hearing these stories from tourists who visited Israel for years - and I honestly have no idea what the reason is.