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The Great White North

Charles Oliver | 3.13.2015 5:30 AM

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Alain Philippon faces up to a year in prison and a $25,000 fine for refusing to give customs officers the password to his smartphone when he returned to Canada from the Dominican Republic. Whether border officials in Canada can require smartphone passwords has not yet been tested in court.

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