At the United States border they can check your iPhone but not your iCloud

Lately we are seeing several cases related to privacy we have with our mobile devices, a privacy that in some specific case can be a problem ... We speak, for example, of the case of the disappearance of Diana Quer whose iPhone has been unlocked a few days ago to use as evidence in research, or the recent San Bernardino bombing...

Devices that in the end have a lot of information about our lives and that is why they are an important piece if we want to know more about ourselves. The problem comes when we see each other required to provide our devices for investigation, something that can happen to us for example if we try to enter United States, but be careful, they are not authorized to see all your data, specifically iCloud data will not be visible. After the jump we give you all the data ...

And it is that many of you are probably planning a trip to the united states. The agents CBP (US Customs and Border Protection) they are not authorized to request passwords from us to access our cloud services, some permits that have been confirmed after several complaints for requiring this data, and it has been the Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, which confirmed that CBP agents are authorized to require access to iPhones and other electronic devices with which we travel, but not to data contained in cloud services, as would be the case with iCloud.

So you know, I think this will generate a lot of news, in the end they are storage devices and services where we store a lot of personal information and if you want to investigate us, it is relatively easy to access this data. But it is clear that if you have nothing to hide and do not want problems, the best thing is that try to pass customs controls as quickly as possible and you begin as soon as possible to enjoy your vacations.