Phone Searches at the Border Are Up: How to Protect Your Privacy

Customs agents have broad authority to search the electronic devices of travelers entering and leaving the U.S. Here are tips ...
Reuters

U.S. Customs and Border Protection ramping up as trade enforcement pressures mount

September 12, 2025 - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is emerging as one of the most consequential enforcement agencies in Washington, with its traditional role in customs and tariff ...
Wired

Worried About Phone Searches? 1Password's Travel Mode Can Clean Up Your Data

Searches at the US border are at an all-time high. Between April and June of this year, US Customs and Border Protection says it searched nearly 15,000 devices, outpacing the previous quarterly record ...
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CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US Border Over the Past Year

Over the Past year, United States Customs and Border Protection staff searched more phones and electronic devices at the border than ever before, according to new statistics published by the ...