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WIRED @wired.com

Phone searches at the US border have hit a record high, according to newly released figures from Customs and Border Protection.

aug 24, 2025, 7:15 pm • 165 78

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Lisa🇨🇦 @lisamichelle.bsky.social

More than 150 Canadians detained, including 2 children. You couldn’t pay me to cross.

aug 24, 2025, 7:48 pm • 4 0 • view
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Miguel Correia da Silva @migcorreia.bsky.social

Visit the USA at your own risk. It turned into a sh*thole country in six months.

aug 24, 2025, 7:48 pm • 8 0 • view
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Heather Mac @trvlinjunkie.bsky.social

US citizens also. Heard they plug phones into a devise to download all that is on the phone. Are they also adding something to the phones?

aug 24, 2025, 7:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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Benji Cardoso @benjicardoso.bsky.social

Hi, I subscribed right after Trump’s 2025 inauguration but my login has literally never worked once and neither have all my many attempts to troubleshoot. Can I please get some assistance?

aug 24, 2025, 8:43 pm • 2 1 • view
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social

DM'ed you! :)

aug 24, 2025, 8:49 pm • 1 0 • view
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nmac1962.bsky.social @nmac1962.bsky.social

Other countries could reciprocate and deny entry or arrest anyone with pro-Trump content on their phone.

aug 24, 2025, 9:18 pm • 2 0 • view
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Sewercroc / Winterowl @sewercroc.bsky.social

They should. Liquidating them would be a benefit to the human race.

aug 25, 2025, 2:28 am • 1 0 • view
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🇨🇦 @wisebear.bsky.social

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aug 24, 2025, 7:53 pm • 6 2 • view
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alfaeco.bsky.social @alfaeco.bsky.social

More reasons for not visiting the US.

aug 24, 2025, 9:48 pm • 1 0 • view
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alfaeco.bsky.social @alfaeco.bsky.social

Not even transfer flights there.

aug 24, 2025, 9:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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LuckyFella @luckyfella.bsky.social

If you enjoy vacation in a police state, go to North Korea. More exotic, just as brutal.

aug 24, 2025, 7:53 pm • 2 0 • view
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Nafofellawoof @nafofellawoof.bsky.social

My phone is equipped

aug 24, 2025, 7:16 pm • 5 0 • view
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AMH @askmehow.bsky.social

Hopefully the police see something does not raise suspicion. Seeing nothing is probably not wise

aug 24, 2025, 7:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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rktecture @rktecture.bsky.social

How's the tourism thing going? Because I, and pretty much everyone I know, ain't visiting some thought-police autocracy any time soon.

aug 24, 2025, 7:29 pm • 4 0 • view
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Steve @groovus1.bsky.social

This is exactly why we'll buy burner phones in Europe, send whatever to our real phone back home, then destroy & leave the burners in Europe

aug 25, 2025, 3:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bike Eyes Mel (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🚴🍀💵 @meltwa.bsky.social

Search this ...

aug 24, 2025, 7:58 pm • 2 0 • view
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Explain Him Jim @explainhimjim.bsky.social

It’s a report of US border officials searching phones more than ever, based on fresh data from Customs and Border Protection, raising concerns about privacy at entry points.

aug 24, 2025, 7:18 pm • 4 0 • view
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steve98052.bsky.social @steve98052.bsky.social

Look up regulations for mailing devices with lithium batteries, and overnight your phone when traveling internationally. Use a burner phone if you need between mailing and picking up your regular phone. Or use a burner phone for the entire trip.

aug 24, 2025, 9:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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jokker14133.bsky.social @jokker14133.bsky.social

This is one of the many reasons why tourism from Canada has dropped by 30+% since Mango Mussolini took office in January.

aug 24, 2025, 7:28 pm • 9 0 • view