Hi all,

I am travelling soon to the US, for my vocation and as a long-time private person I will be taking some steps to maintain my privacy as I enter the country.

As this is an interesting area of the topic, I have decided to throw the question open to all of you.

What precautions (IT, physical, mental, otherwise) do you undertake when travelling internationally?

M.

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    8 months ago

    I’ve never seen this, but I still get physical boarding passes every time. At most airports, you just scan your phone and the agent waves you on. However, if you hand a police officer of any variety your phone, they can attempt to access whatever they want w/o a warrant, which sucks, so it’s not really a risk worth taking when you can usually print a boarding pass at a kiosk.

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      8 months ago

      It happens frequently if you’re bussing into the US. Using a poor person’s method of travel makes them very suspicious

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        8 months ago

        Ah, makes sense. My coworker is from Mexico, and he says it’s best to either walk or drive into the US, don’t take transit.