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Perhaps of interest. A headline from today's NY Times: A USA Citizen Deleted His Phone's Data. Now he Faces a Felony Charge.

[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/duress-password-phone-wipe-charge.html[/URL]

Some excerpts from the linked Times article for those who can't open it:

Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.

Federal prosecutors in Atlanta are bringing an obstruction charge against a USA Citizen who gave customs officers what is known as a duress passcode, which activated software that erased the contents of his phone.

The federal statute underlying the charge makes it a felony to destroy evidence or transfer assets to keep the government from seizing them, or to tip someone off about an upcoming search or wiretap. It carries a penalty of up to five years in federal prison, a fine, or both.

Agree but theyre turning back single men with condoms.

[QUOTE=FunLuvr;3077078]That's a good thing. If they lock up the child molesters they find, there will be less of them traveling for that purpose. Maybe ones who were thinking of traveling to see minors will think twice before making those trip plans.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=ToastMonger269;3077089]Agree but theyre turning back single men with condoms.[/QUOTE]I still don't get their policy. Prostitution as an adult is legal, it's a business model and in LATAM even more cultural accepted and tolerated than in other parts of the world, and they deny people with a bunch of condoms the entry. I mean only in mileroticos Medellin are 7000 ads listed.

If you mean it, make it illegal (but they know it wouldn't work).

Where I live it's legal as well, one could arrive with an extra bag of dildos and another with condoms, customs concern would be more tax fraud when reselling than having dates with escorts and if proven it's for personal purpose, welcome and enjoy. Law is law.

[QUOTE=FunLuvr;3077078]That's a good thing. If they lock up the child molesters they find, there will be less of them traveling for that purpose. Maybe ones who were thinking of traveling to see minors will think twice before making those trip plans.[/QUOTE]Where haven't they locked them up? That still does not stop them from doing what they do.

That prosecution is going to fail because of one simple fact, the defendant didn't delete the data, the federal agent did.

Now the petty fascists are going to have to whine to a judge that they were outsmarted. Fucking nazis.

[QUOTE=NilAdmirari;3077087]Perhaps of interest. A headline from today's NY Times: A USA Citizen Deleted His Phone's Data. Now he Faces a Felony Charge.

[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/duress-password-phone-wipe-charge.html[/URL]

Some excerpts from the linked Times article for those who can't open it:

Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.

Federal prosecutors in Atlanta are bringing an obstruction charge against a USA Citizen who gave customs officers what is known as a duress passcode, which activated software that erased the contents of his phone.

The federal statute underlying the charge makes it a felony to destroy evidence or transfer assets to keep the government from seizing them, or to tip someone off about an upcoming search or wiretap. It carries a penalty of up to five years in federal prison, a fine, or both.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=PSAddict;3077116]I still don't get their policy. Prostitution as an adult is legal, it's a business model and in LATAM even more cultural accepted and tolerated than in other parts of the world, and they deny people with a bunch of condoms the entry. I mean only in mileroticos Medellin are 7000 ads listed.

If you mean it, make it illegal (but they know it wouldn't work).

Where I live it's legal as well, one could arrive with an extra bag of dildos and another with condoms, customs concern would be more tax fraud when reselling than having dates with escorts and if proven it's for personal purpose, welcome and enjoy. Law is law.[/QUOTE]It's a political stunt. The Mayor of Medellin tried to run for president off the backs of sex tourists. The real thing people are mad about is the high cost of living and the gentrification. The Homes are owned primarily by Colombians so if they could get mongers scared then the Airbnb super hosts would have to lower prices and rent to locals.

The other reason is bad publicity. They can't stop mongers from getting scoped so better to get rid of the lowest hanging fruit mongers as they are the ones most likely to get scoped.

Hope this Helps.

Trip.

[QUOTE=PSAddict;3077116]I still don't get their policy. Prostitution as an adult is legal, it's a business model and in LATAM even more cultural accepted and tolerated than in other parts of the world, and they deny people with a bunch of condoms the entry.[/QUOTE]Again, condoms is not the reason for a person's denied entry. They are denied entry [B]before[/B] the bags are searched. You do not get your checked bag until after you are let into the country. All bags are put through a scanner after you are granted entry. In the event that you are denied entry, your bag may be searched. They do not know what is in your bag until it is put through the machine [B]after[/B] being granted or denied.

[QUOTE=PSAddict;3077116]I still don't get their policy. Prostitution as an adult is legal, it's a business model and in LATAM even more cultural accepted and tolerated than in other parts of the world, and they deny people with a bunch of condoms the entry. I mean only in mileroticos Medellin are 7000 ads listed.

If you mean it, make it illegal (but they know it wouldn't work).

Where I live it's legal as well, one could arrive with an extra bag of dildos and another with condoms, customs concern would be more tax fraud when reselling than having dates with escorts and if proven it's for personal purpose, welcome and enjoy. Law is law.[/QUOTE]It's completely for show. They don't like being known as a destination for foreign men "sex tourists," whether it's legal or not. The Colombians for the most aren't as obnoxiously visible when partaking in the world's oldest profession. But the foreigners are loud and very visible. Also they push up rents for the natives, which doesn't go over well with many Colombians.

I dare you to show up with a suitcase full of vibrators and lube and explain to the agents that you're not doing anything illegal.

[QUOTE=Combo;3077274]The Colombians for the most aren't as obnoxiously visible when partaking in the world's oldest profession. But the foreigners are loud and very visible. [/QUOTE]Ultimately that is the main reason!

[QUOTE=Combo;3077274]They don't like being known as a destination for foreign men "sex tourists," whether it's legal or not. The Colombians for the most aren't as obnoxiously visible when partaking in the world's oldest profession. But the foreigners are loud and very visible.[/QUOTE]I have listened to Colombians talking about it on YT and social media, and it seems that in addition to the single male tourists, they also have a problem with the chicas as well. They don't like the image of having swarms of obvious prepagos strolling and hanging around in upscale areas (Parque Lleras in Medellin, and Centro Historico in Cartagena) that are supposed to be night-life / tourism districts, turning them into redlight districts. Even though prostitution is legal and more culturally acceptable in Colombia, there are many there who would rather that it stay out of sight and out of mind (and others who wish that it didn't exist at all).

[URL]https://colombiaone.com/2026/07/30/dollar-colombia-fall-threatens-3000-peso-floor/[/URL]

[QUOTE=ChicoBonito;3077381]I have listened to Colombians talking about it on YT and social media, and it seems that in addition to the single male tourists, they also have a problem with the chicas as well. They don't like the image of having swarms of obvious prepagos strolling and hanging around in upscale areas (Parque Lleras in Medellin, and Centro Historico in Cartagena) that are supposed to be night-life / tourism districts, turning them into redlight districts. Even though prostitution is legal and more culturally acceptable in Colombia, there are many there who would rather that it stay out of sight and out of mind (and others who wish that it didn't exist at all).[/QUOTE]I don't blame them. It's one thing to make something legal that's been happening for thousands of years. It's a different thing if it's right in your face where you live or where you like to go out to eat.