In an article published by Engadget today, they reveal that the US border forces are seizing Americans’ phone data and storing it for 15 years. To the toon of as many as 10,000 Americans every year.
In a country that is founded on suspicion of their government, those are astounding numbers, particularly in a post-Edward Snowden era. Senator Ron Wyden, in a letter to the CBP, has urged them to update their practices so that device searches at borders are focused on suspected criminals and security threats instead of allowing indiscriminate rifling through Americans’ private records without suspicion of a crime.
It’s a great article, you can give it a read here: https://www.engadget.com/us-border-forces-traveler-data-15-years-085106938.html