Man arrested for refusing to give phone passcode to border agents
Man arrested for refusing to give phone passcode to border agents Technically Incorrect: A Quebec resident believes his cell phone is personal. So when Canadian border agents wanted to search it, he says no. by Chris Matyszczyk @ChrisMatyszczyk March 6, 2015 12:25 PM PST Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. Canadian border agents will await legal judgment over cell phone passcodes. Xavier/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Alain Philippon arrived at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Canada and was stopped by border agents. He had flown in from the Dominican Republic. As the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports , the agents wanted access to his cell phone. Philippon refused to give them the passcode and was arrested. A spokeswoman for the Canadian Border Services Agency confirmed me to that he has been "arrested under section 153.1 of the Customs Act for hindering." Was he hi...