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U.S. Customs and Border Protection conducted over 55,000 electronic device searches in the past year—a 17% surge—leveraging forensic tools like GrayKey and Cellebrite to bypass encryption. This escalation occurs amid legal fragmentation and rising controversies over warrantless access to travelers' private data.

With US Customs and Border Protection searching a record 15,000 devices last quarter, travelers face heightened privacy risks. 1Password's Travel Mode offers a tactical solution by erasing sensitive vaults from devices during crossings, providing a critical layer of protection against invasive inspections. This feature, combined with encryption tools like VeraCrypt, underscores the urgent need for data minimization in an era of expanding border surveillance.