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Hello Mike!

** On Monday 25.08.25 - 10:10, you wrote to me:

 MP> So it is returning to the US from Canada, but not entering
 MP> Canada, that could trigger these searches?  I knew about
 MP> crossing into the USA being an issue but I may have
 MP> misread your post and thought that Canadian authorities
 MP> were also now doing similar searches of incoming tourists.

Both sides reserve the legal right to search devices, but the  
US one (CBP) is the one that is doing more of them and even  
going as far as copying contents.


 >> Offloading phone images to the laptop won't help - your CBP
 >> would be inspecting laptops too.

 MP> That wasn't why I'd be offloading them.  I would be
 MP> offloading them to free up camera space for the next day
 MP> of shooting.  ;)  Inspections would make me less likely to
 MP> carry any extra equipment (like a laptop) for this
 MP> purpose.

I dunno..  maybe you could just stash the extra images  
(assuming SD media cards) in your wallet.  But having them  
search a laptop or tablet is going to far imho.

I suppose one could upload an disk image of a laptop to the  
cloud, and install a basic linux distro in its place.  Then,  
once clear of customs, simply reinstall the saved disk image?

Dunno what one can do with a tablet.


 MP> ... If what we are hearing is true, they are looking for
 MP> unflattering memes of Trump and Vance.  ;)

Yes..  Txxxx has a problem with other people expressing "free  
speech" and opinions about him, and even jokes (a la the  
Colbert incident).

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