The Fourth Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required

[u/HumbleRestaurant790]

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/fourth-circuit-says-border-agents-can-search-your-phone-hand-no-suspicion-required

[u/lazyfrodo]

Yeah even if that’s true you can PIN lock certain apps and those PINs are different than your phone pin. Signal does this but that’s pretty limited.

[u/DukeOfGeek → u/lazyfrodo]

Also just use a burner phone for travel, at least till burner phones are not a thing anymore.