If you’re traveling abroad this holiday season, prepare for a new, unnerving hurdle at the border: having your phone searched. US border agents are seriously stepping up their device searches, even for returning US citizens. Plus, the process often goes far beyond a quick glance at your personal devices.
According to new figures from US Customs and Border Protection, nearly 15,000 devices were searched in just three months this year, with over a thousand of those searches using advanced tools to copy…

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