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Buge on Feb 11, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Basic Security Precautions for Non-Profits and Jou...

The US border patrol cannot force you to give up your password.

But other countries (including Canada) can.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/guilty-plea-ends-ca...

tptacek on Feb 11, 2017 [–]

They might not be able to force that on US citizens, who have an absolute right both to habeas and to enter the country. They can force it on nonresident aliens.

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