2017 Was a Banner Year for Phone and Computer Searches by US Border Agents
Phone searches conducted by Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) drastically increased last year , the agencyannouncedon Friday , with agent acquit 30,200 searches of phones and other devices during the 2017 financial year — a 58.5 percent gain from the anterior class . More than 80 percent of the devices searched belonged to foreigners or US permanent residents , theWall Street Journal report . In addition to the act of single gadget lookup , the phone number of inbound external traveller whose devices CBP searched also increased , jumping to 0....