PCMag: “Your smartphone probably holds more personal information about you than any other device you own. So the last thing you’d want to do is hand over all that data to a stranger, especially when you’re traveling internationally. The 4th Amendment of the US Constitution prevents “unreasonable searches and seizures” of personal property but the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has special authority to search devices crossing US borders via air, land, or sea. According to the CBP, in 2024, electronic device searches affected .01% of travelers at US ports of entry. Of those subjected to searches, more than 36,000 were not US citizens. Today, phone searches at the US border are happening more often than they did last year. With that in mind, I’ll answer a few frequently asked questions about device searches and offer you a pre-travel device protection checklist…”