Border Agents Can Lie to Search Your Phone, but Wiping Your Own Data Could Land You in Prison

Source: Reason
by Matthew Petti

“The government is charging Samuel Tunick for telling them a code that would erase all the data on his phone—after they tried to take it on false pretenses.” (07/29/26)

https://reason.com/2026/07/29/border-agents-can-lie-to-search-your-phone-but-wiping-your-own-data-could-land-you-in-prison/