AARP: 6 Things You Can Do to Secure Your Phone as You Reenter the Country After Traveling

“It’s important to note that I do think there’s been an uptick,” says Tom McBrien, counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) advocacy group in Washington. “I do think that uptake is targeted at people who have a higher chance of being politically active, of just being within this administration’s crosshairs, whether it’s because of their last name, or their skin color or their national origin or whatever. … 

“I don’t think it’s a guarantee that you’re going to have your device searched at the border,” he says. “But it’s an increased risk.” 

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