Phone searches at the US border are at record levels; your rights

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) carried out a record number of phone searches of travelers arriving at, or returning to, the US in the last quarter.

The legal position on these searches is unclear when it comes to US citizens, but there are steps you can take to protect your privacy …

Newly-released figures reported by Wired show that CBP searched almost 15,000 devices between April and June.

From April through June this year, CBP searched 14,899 devices carried by…