France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.

  • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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    21 hours ago

    How’d they get into his phone? Face or fingerprint?

    I was looking for this as well. It seems like a rather important piece of info for the article to leave out.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 hours ago

      Here’s how the borders work:

      “Sir/Ma’am, please unlock your device”

      “No”

      “Entry Denied”


      (Except for US Citizens, they cannot be denied entry* even if they refuse to unlock their device, however, their devices could be confiscated

      *for now)