{"id":2690,"date":"2022-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/returning-travellers-made-to-hand-over-phones-and-passcodes-to-australian-border-force\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:41:25","slug":"returning-travellers-made-to-hand-over-phones-and-passcodes-to-australian-border-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/returning-travellers-made-to-hand-over-phones-and-passcodes-to-australian-border-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning travellers made to hand over phones and passcodes to Australian Border Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney man says he doesn&rsquo;t know what officials looked at on his phone or what happens to his data<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/australian-news-live\/latest\">Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our free news app<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">get our morning email briefing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A man who was forced to hand over his phone and passcode to Australian Border Force after returning to Sydney from holiday has labelled the tactic &ldquo;an absolute gross violation of privacy&rdquo;, as tech advocates call for transparency and stronger privacy protections for people&rsquo;s devices as they enter the country.<\/p>\n<p>Software developer James and his partner returned from a 10-day holiday in Fiji earlier this month and were stopped by border force officials at Sydney airport. 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