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New Zealand border cops warn travelers that without handing over electronic passwords 'You shall not pass!'

veti Silver badge

Re: Have fun!

That sounds like a very expensive way to make a point. Why don't you just stay away?

I'm happy to unlock my phone for any reasonable authority who asks politely. It's a phone. What do you expect they'll find? By this time they've already got my name, address, biography and family details.

Seriously, I've never seen so much fuss made about a provision that - by current international standards - is still incredibly mild (by which I mean, you're subject to way more intrusive searches if you fly into, say, the USA or Australia, where they will simply seize your device - indefinitely - if you refuse to unlock it on demand). What the hey do some of you people keep on your phones, anyway?

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