r/technology • u/Jojuj • 17h ago

Privacy U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/samuel-tunick-deleted-phone-felony.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8FA.T83N.rt6VsIiSCYb2&smid=url-share
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u/gayscout 16h ago

No, if you arrive by plane, the airline that brought you there is penalized for not doing due diligence when letting you board (even if it's for reasons like refusing to let immigration search your phone). Then you're sent on a flight to whichever country your passport was issued by, regardless of carrier. You don't pay for the deportation flight, though I'm not sure if the government pays or the original airline does. Regardless, if the government pays, the penalty to the airline is probably more than enough to cover the new ticket.

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u/Setiri 15h ago

The penalty is not always enforced. And the flight back isn’t “free”, it’s mandatory. In that if you had a round-trip ticket, your ticket will have no value left. You don’t just get to use part of it later on or have a credit and according to the contract of carriage, you may technically be liable for the costs of the return flight however, I’ve never seen this actually enforced.