Follow up to Burner Phone 101 Workshop – See also It Is Happening – Don’t cross a U.S. border without a “perfect burner phone”:  “More and more people — both Americans and non-U.S. citizens — are thinking twice before traveling into the United States with their phones. And for good reason. Under Trump 2.0, phone searches at the U.S. border have surged, and Customs and Border Protection agents are targeting everyone from liberal protestors and lawyers who represent said protestors to journalists and basically anyone else who doesn’t praise Dear Leader. No matter who you are, if CBP wants to confiscate your phone, they can. This is where burner phones come in. Earlier this summer, Mark and I posted a three-part interview with ACLU attorney Nathan Freed Wessler, who gave us tips on how to protect your privacy while entering the U.S. under the Trump regime. Besides leaving your laptop at home, keeping your lawyer’s number in your back pocket, and a long list of other strong suggestions, Wessler told us he now only travels with a burner phone — or “travel-only device,” as he also called it. But it wasn’t until after we hung up that we realized even burner phones can quickly give away your identity if you don’t take the right precautions…”