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rmstein@ieee.org
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:39:58 +0800

https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/11/cbp-officers-fail-to-delete-traveler-data

``Privacy advocates aren't just concerned about warrantless device searches at the border because of the potential for deliberate abuse -- it's that the officials might be reckless. And unfortunately, there's evidence this is the case in the U.S. Homeland Security's Office of the Inspector General has released audit findings showing that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers didn't properly follow data handling procedures in numerous instances, increasing the chances for data leaks and hurting accountability.''

Assembled and maintained by CBP, this honeypot of mobile device contacts, photos, downloads, browser history, call logs, and credit card/app profiles will likely attract ex-filtration attempts.

A comprehensive repository of personal data that can be correlated against many other dark-net sources, and maliciously exploited for profit or criminal intent.


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