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TorKlingberg on Feb 22, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Social Media Needs a Travel Mode

They could. CBP can deny any non-citizen entry for just about any reason. They could just start denying all non-citizens all the time, so why don't they? Because it would hurt business, tourism and other countries would retaliate and refuse US citizens entry. That is the power we have. The time to start using Travel Mode is now, before demands for passwords becomes stand procedure at the border.

maxerickson on Feb 22, 2017 [–]

The time to start using Travel Mode is now, before demands for passwords becomes stand procedure at the border.

Sure. I'm pretty sure I want to activate such a feature for my email on my phone just in general.

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