Personal device search and seizure at borders on the increase

摘要

New laws enacted in New Zealand this month give border agents the right to demand travellers entering the country hand over passwords for their digital devices. What should you do if it happens to you? asks Katina Michael, Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society & School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University. IMAGINE RETURNING HOME to Australia or New Zealand after a long-haul flight, exhausted and red-eyed. You've just reclaimed your baggage after getting through immigration when you're stopped by a customs officer who demands you hand over your smartphone and the password. Do you know your rights?