NUMBER CRUNCH

The numbers behind the big tech news

New Zealand has now enacted its Customs and Excise Act 2018, which means that anyone refusing to hand over their phone or laptop password when entering the country can be fined NZ$5,000. Just to pour salt in the wound, customs officers will still confiscate your devices to be forensically searched if you refuse to disclose your password, effectively leaving those targeted with no way to challenge the ‘request’.