Comment by schoen

13 hours ago

We noted in the border search guide that lying to the agents in response to their questions is potentially a crime in its own right (even if it's not done in order to hide anything illegal). We thought that this made hidden volumes quite tricky, particularly if one's intent was to pretend to comply with a question or request while actually not complying.

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mrandish  12 hours ago

IANAL but I think while lying to some questions might lead to obstruction charges, not answering is simply exercising the right to remain silent.

  • tsimionescu  12 hours ago

    Sure - but the point is, if you're instructed by the officer to enter a password so they can inspect your device, and you enter a fake password and show them a fake version of your data, that could easily be found later to constitute a lie and lead to serious legal trouble.