US Customs could require you to open your phone at the border -- here's how to protect your privacy

How much power do border authorities actually have? How can you know when they may overstep that authority? Can you refuse to give them access to your phone?

Former marine and cyber warfare expert David Kennedy explains what Customs can and cannot demand at the border, and what precautions you can take to protect your privacy. Following is a transcript of the video.

DAVID KENNEDY: So, is border control and Customs -- are they able to search your personal devices as you're coming into the country? And the truth of the matter is, they are.

If you're coming from outside the United States, they have absolutely every right to go through and require you to unlock your phone or deny you entry into the United States. And there's been different court proceedings before, in the past too, that your device itself is not considered, you know, protected information.

So, they can technically order you do that or unlock your device.

They don't consider your thumbprint a password, per se. As far as the court is concerned, they considered it part of your body something that can be used in order to access information. So, they can absolutely use your thumb and put your thumb on there and have it open up the device and everything else. Again -- has to come with a court order, especially in the United States.

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US Customs could require you to open your phone at the border -- here's how to protect your privacy

US Customs could require you to open your phone at the border -- here's how to protect your privacy

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