CNET: The Government’s Indictment of an Activist Tests Whether You Have a Right to Wipe Your Phone

“It highlights the risks activists face when going through airport security — when federal agents have an opportunity to detain, interrogate or search phones or other devices, Maria Villegas Bravo, a legal counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, told CNET.”

“’More and more political activism is done online through conversations with associates and finding like-minded people on social media,’ Villegas Bravo said in an email. ‘Phones contain incredibly sensitive information, from contact information to organizing messages to location history.'”