Hacker News with Generative AI: Border Security

Cell Phone OPSEC for Border Crossings (schneier.com)
I have heard stories of more aggressive interrogation of electronic devices at US border crossings. I know a lot about securing computers, but very little about securing phones.
Security, Border Security, Privacy, Technology
14 points by sipofwater 1 day ago | 3 comments
Ottawa proposes 24/7 surveillance of Canada-U.S. border (cbc.ca)
Canada, United States, Surveillance, Border Security, Politics
9 points by geox 106 days ago | 1 comments
U.S. border surveillance towers have always been broken (eff.org)
A new bombshell scoop from NBC News revealed an internal U.S. Border Patrol memo claiming that 30 percent of camera towers that compose the agency's "Remote Video Surveillance System" (RVSS) program are broken.
Surveillance, Government, Technology, USA, Border Security
127 points by gslin 164 days ago | 139 comments
Migrant encounters at U.S.-Mexico border have fallen sharply in 2024 (pewresearch.org)
After reaching a record high at the end of 2023, the monthly number of U.S. Border Patrol encounters with migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico has plummeted so far in 2024.
Immigration, Border Security, United States, Mexico
6 points by hn_acker 180 days ago | 1 comments
China has moved people -“border guardians”- to new settlements on its frontiers (nytimes.com)
China, Geopolitics, International Relations, Military, Border Security
8 points by cwwc 236 days ago | 5 comments
Courts Close the Loophole Letting the Feds Search Your Phone at the Border (reason.com)
Law, Privacy, Technology, Border Security
324 points by mhb 251 days ago | 167 comments