{"id":2157,"date":"2019-04-04T06:12:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T05:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfraudforensics.com\/fraudxpose\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2019-04-03T14:23:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T13:23:09","slug":"ex-mozilla-cto-us-border-cops-demanded-i-unlock-my-phone-laptop-at-sf-airport-and-im-an-american-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalfraudforensics.com\/fraudxpose\/ex-mozilla-cto-us-border-cops-demanded-i-unlock-my-phone-laptop-at-sf-airport-and-im-an-american-citizen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Mozilla CTO: US border cops demanded I unlock my phone, laptop at SF airport \u2013 and I&#8217;m an American citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Techie says he was grilled for three hours after refusing to let agents search his devices<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/Author\/Shaun-Nichols\">Shaun Nichols in San Francisco<\/a>\u00a02\u00a0Apr\u00a02019\u00a0at\u00a023:25<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Former Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal says he was interrogated for three hours by America&#8217;s border cops after arriving at San Francisco airport \u2013 because he refused to unlock his work laptop and phone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gal, now employed by Apple, today\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@andreasgal\/no-one-should-have-to-travel-in-fear-b2bff4c460e5\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0he was detained and grilled on November 29 after landing in California following a trip to Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He had attempted to pass through US customs via a Global Entry electronic kiosk. He wasn&#8217;t expecting a problem, since the Hungarian-born techie is now an American citizen, but it was not to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;On this trip, the kiosk directed me to a Customs and Border Patrol agent who kept my passport and sent me to secondary inspection,&#8221; Gal said. &#8220;There I quickly found myself surrounded by three armed agents wearing bullet proof vests. They started to question me aggressively regarding my trip, my current employment, and my past work for Mozilla, a non-profit organization dedicated to open technology and online privacy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gal said the g-men were rather interested in his time at Firefox-maker Mozilla, and of his recent trip to Canada. They also went through his wallet and luggage, and this led to a request by the agents for Gal to unlock his Apple-issued iPhone XS and MacBook Pro so they could search it, it is claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Given the devices were emblazoned with big red stickers reading &#8220;PROPERTY OF APPLE. PROPRIETARY,&#8221; and he had signed confidentially agreements with Cupertino, Gal said he asked for permission to call his bosses and\/or a lawyer to see if he would get into trouble by handing over access. When this request was repeatedly refused, we&#8217;re told, he clammed up, taking the Fifth, and citing constitutional rights against unwarranted searches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Irked by Gal&#8217;s refusal, it is claimed, the border agents told him he had no constitutional nor any legal protections, and threatened him with criminal charges should he not concede to the search. He said he was eventually allowed to leave with his belongings, the devices still locked, and no charges were pressed. Gal said the agents did take away his Global Entry pass, which allows express entry through customs, as punishment for not complying with their demands.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How random is random?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gal believes the ordeal was not a random search gone awry, but rather a targeted attempt by the government to send a message. Certainly more and more security researchers report being grilled by US border patrol, if they can even\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/03\/05\/rsa_cofounder_us_visa_row\/\">get a visa<\/a>\u00a0to enter the country, that is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;My past work on encryption and online privacy is well documented, and so is my disapproval of the Trump administration and my history of significant campaign contributions to Democratic candidates,&#8221; Gal noted. &#8220;I wonder whether these CBP [Customs and Border Patrol] programs led to me being targeted.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now, Gal has enlisted the help of the ACLU to probe into the brouhaha, and determine whether his civil rights were violated. The civil-liberties watchdog has\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aclunc.org\/docs\/ACLU-NC_2019-03-28_Letter_re._Electronic_Device_Search_SFO.pdf\">filed a complaint<\/a>\u00a0[PDF] with the Department of Homeland security to determine whether the search violated the US Constitution and demand an investigation of whether the CBP&#8217;s entry policies are illegal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;CBP&#8217;s baseless detention and intrusive interrogation of Andreas Gal and the attempted search of his devices violated his Fourth Amendment rights,&#8221; ACLU Northern California senior counsel William Freeman said of the complaint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Furthermore, CBP\u2019s policies lack protections for First Amendment rights by allowing interrogation and device searches that may be based on a traveler\u2019s political beliefs, activism, nation of origin, or identity.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A spokesperson for the border patrol told us: &#8220;As a matter of policy, CBP can\u2019t comment on pending litigation.&#8221; \u00ae<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/04\/02\/us_border_patrol_search_demand_mozilla_cto\/\">https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/04\/02\/us_border_patrol_search_demand_mozilla_cto\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Techie says he was grilled for three hours after refusing to let agents search his devices By\u00a0Shaun Nichols in San Francisco\u00a02\u00a0Apr\u00a02019\u00a0at\u00a023:25 Former Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal says he was interrogated for three hours by America&#8217;s border cops after arriving at San Francisco airport \u2013 because he refused to unlock his work laptop and phone. 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