On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 03:24:47PM -0500, Nico Williams wrote:
Stats would be nice, but I suspect there are no reliable
stats available [...]
There aren't, because FOIA requests attempting to learn them have not
been answered. And that's why there's now a lawsuit filed by the
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University against the
US DHS and ICE:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3525562-Complaint-03-27-2017.html
However, any number of organizations, e.g., the EFF, the ACLU, etc.,
have independently noted the recent sharp uptick. In addition, the Wall
Street Journal is reporting today that a new set of procedures under
consideration will include demanding the phone passwords from *all*
foreigners entering the US.
---rsk