I always enter US with all of my devices wiped and restore them from backup once I'm past immigration, simply because I don't trust government to maintain the security level my job requires.
Now I'm worried that this will be held against me..
Now I'm worried that this will be held against me..
What does the security officer at your company say?
Either you shouldn't be leaving with devices with the data from your job on them, or you don't trust them, but your job is fine with it.
I keep work things separate. If it's a personal trip, I don't travel with work devices. If it's a work trip, and there's worry, I usually take a loaner device usually with ms office and a vpn.
Usually the issue is not returning, but other governments.
The border agent has a lot of control over your life at that point and virtually zero accountability.
> After questioning, he eventually turned it over but gave officers a passcode that then erased the contents of his Google Pixel phone.
I don't see the problem being a clean device, but destroying evidence in the moment.