WASHINGTON — Businesspeople and journalists have long been paranoid about protecting their personal data when visiting countries like China and Russia. <br /> <br />But now travelers to the U.S. are reporting increasingly invasive behavior by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. <br /> <br />In one recently publicized case, a Canadian man missed his flight to the U.S. after a Customs and Border Protection officer used his passwords to access profiles on a gay hookup app and website and assumed he was a sex worker, the Daily Xtra reported. <br /> <br />According to the Center for Democracy & Technology, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is considering a requirement to inspect the “online presence” and social media use of a visitor passing through a border checkpoint. <br /> <br />This animation illustrates suggestions from Wired magazine for those traveling to the U.S. who would like to keep their privacy — and dignity — intact at the border.
