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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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How to lock down your phone if you’re traveling to the U.S. (www.washingtonpost.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago

Data copied from devices during advanced searches at entry points into the U.S. gets saved for 15 years in a database searchable by thousands of CBP employees without a warrant.

There is very little to reason to believe that any data copied by agencies like this is deleted ever. You should assume any data copied like this is kept forever, shared between agencies and corporate contractors, compiled into various databases and lists, used to train shady security contractor AI systems.

There are no comprehensive federal data privacy laws in the United States, and even if we get one in the future, it probably won't apply to security agencies.