No Fourth Amendment In American airports?
It isn’t just about airports, but about all ports of entry at the border and any checkpoints set by CBP within 100 miles of a border. If you refuse to hand over your phone, you could be charged on the spot. Your digital life isn’t in your suitcase, but in your phone. It’s the holy grail of snooping. This story starts here: the privacy-first Graphene OS, which can be installed on Google phones, has an auto-destruct feature that is triggered by entering a secret password. This citizen gave the CPB agent that code, which the agent himself entered, and the phone was turned into a lifeless paperweight.