With all due respect - and you seem like a friendly guy - this is just not true in all cases. There are reports, covered by legal websites and authorities, of devices getting seized. We also are hearing stories lately of people being detained at airports - sometimes without cause legally - and it's quite probable they get their devices seized. What you are writing about here are your experiences and what most people will experience - though even this is stretching it with a touch of generosity.

From WaPo:

Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at massive scale

"Contacts, call logs, messages and photos from up to 10,000 travelers’ phones are saved to a government database every year"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/15/government-surveillance-database-dhs/


Travelers can get interrogated with much wider-ranging questioning than what you posted, U.S. citizen or not. This also says nothing of what travelers may experience at foreign (non-U.S.) airports, particularly if security is at a high state of alert.


TSA has engaged in very intrusive and questionable behaviors far removed from promoting public safety. All you are doing is repeating government talking points - and again I mean no offense, as you seem respectful. TSA agents have been known at times to engage in theft. Much of their protocol, not always followed by individual agents, is arguably not serving the public in promoting safety. I understand that airports need to be secured, so I won't be an ass here and say they serve absolutely no purpose, but I'll go out on a limb and guess they engage in plenty of security theater.

With all due respect - and you seem like a friendly guy - this is just not true in all cases. There are reports, covered by legal websites and authorities, of devices getting seized. We also are hearing stories lately of people being detained at airports - sometimes without cause legally - and it's quite probable they get their devices seized. What you are writing about here are your experiences and what most people will experience - though even this is stretching it with a touch of generosity.


Travelers can get interrogated with much wider-ranging questioning than what you posted, U.S. citizen or not. This also says nothing of what travelers may experience at foreign (non-U.S.) airports, particularly if security is at a high state of alert.


TSA has engaged in very intrusive and questionable behaviors far removed from promoting public safety. All you are doing is repeating government talking points - and again I mean no offense, as you seem respectful. TSA agents have been known at times to engage in theft. Much of their protocol, not always followed by individual agents, is arguably not serving the public in promoting safety. I understand that airports need to be secured, so I won't be an ass here and say they serve absolutely no purpose, but I'll go out on a limb and guess they engage in plenty of security theater.

With all due respect - and you seem like a friendly guy - this is just not true in all cases. There are reports, covered by legal websites and authorities, of devices getting seized. We also are hearing stories lately of people being detained at airports - sometimes without cause legally - and it's quite probable they get their devices seized. What you are writing about here are your experiences and what most people will experience - though even this is stretching it with a touch of generosity.



TSA has engaged in very intrusive and questionable behaviors far removed from promoting public safety. All you are doing is repeating government talking points - and again I mean no offense, as you seem respectful. TSA agents have been known at times to engage in theft. Much of their protocol, not always followed by individual agents, is arguably not serving the public in promoting safety. I understand that airports need to be secured, so I won't be an ass here and say they serve absolutely no purpose, but I'll go out on a limb and guess they engage in plenty of security theater.