Category Archives: borders

Department of Homeland Security to Collect Social Media of Immigrants and Citizens

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New rules give the DHS permission to collect "social media handles, aliases, associated identifiable information, and search results" as part of people’s immigration file. The Federal Register has the details, which seems to also include US citizens that communicate with immigrants. This is part of the general trend to scrutinize people coming into the US more, but it’s hard to… Continue reading Department of Homeland Security to Collect Social Media of Immigrants and Citizens→

DHS faces lawsuit over legality of forced warrantless device searches

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Plaintiffs including a veteran, a NASA staffer and a journalist claim that their First and Fourth Amendment rights were breached by searches at the border Continue reading DHS faces lawsuit over legality of forced warrantless device searches→

Passwords at the Border

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The password-manager 1Password has just implemented a travel mode that tries to protect users while crossing borders. It doesn’t make much sense. To enable it, you have to create a list of passwords you feel safe traveling with, and then you can turn on the mode that only gives you access to those passwords. But since you can turn it… Continue reading Passwords at the Border→