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Have a dual-boot system and set it up 1) so it loads Windows directly when you cross the border, 2) with a password such as "secret" or "name1982" that you tell

Have a dual-boot system and set it up 1) so it loads Windows directly when you cross the border, 2) with a password such as "secret" or "name1982" that you tell the border agent as soon as he asks. Much easier if you pretend to be computer illiterate and/or being helpful.

nthcolumn 10y ago
In my experience, the guards have room temperature IQs and a fascist mindset making them trivially easy to divert but rock hard to reason with/dissuade. Avoiding detection by the enemy is far, far easier than the usual push-me-pull-you so case story 'Howard' is going to have a bad day whatever. Don't do this people! They don't care and by identifying yourself as such you are guaranteeing yourself trouble today and forever. Again in my experience, if you think they can't and won't try to fit you up for something nasty then you are as naive and stupid as Howard. You can be jailed indefinitely in the UK until you provide the password to an encrypted volume/machine. Most laptops have an SD card slot into which you can place card with a hidden partition containing an encrypted VM as well as a nice visible FAT32 honeypot for your bulletheaded new friend. Yes to using Windows for this. Do not mention LINUX!
- jessaustin 10y ago
  ...a nice visible FAT32 honeypot for your bulletheaded new friend. Do you have any recommendations for viruses to install in that partition? b^)
throwaway13337 10y ago
It's true that deceiving the border guards is much more reasonable than expecting any sort of respect. At least in the anglosphere (UK/Ireland/Canada/US/Australia), we are all treated as criminal at the border. It's too bad that it's come to this. Ridiculously, western countries outside of those that speak english primarily are much more respectful. Hassling in western Europe, or developed Asia is extremely uncommon at the border or within the country by agents of the law. What went wrong?

nthcolumn 10y ago

In my experience, the guards have room temperature IQs and a fascist mindset making them trivially easy to divert but rock hard to reason with/dissuade. Avoiding detection by the enemy is far, far easier than the usual push-me-pull-you so case story 'Howard' is going to have a bad day whatever. Don't do this people! They don't care and by identifying yourself as such you are guaranteeing yourself trouble today and forever. Again in my experience, if you think they can't and won't try to fit you up for something nasty then you are as naive and stupid as Howard. You can be jailed indefinitely in the UK until you provide the password to an encrypted volume/machine. Most laptops have an SD card slot into which you can place card with a hidden partition containing an encrypted VM as well as a nice visible FAT32 honeypot for your bulletheaded new friend. Yes to using Windows for this. Do not mention LINUX!

jessaustin 10y ago
...a nice visible FAT32 honeypot for your bulletheaded new friend. Do you have any recommendations for viruses to install in that partition? b^)

throwaway13337 10y ago

It's true that deceiving the border guards is much more reasonable than expecting any sort of respect. At least in the anglosphere (UK/Ireland/Canada/US/Australia), we are all treated as criminal at the border. It's too bad that it's come to this. Ridiculously, western countries outside of those that speak english primarily are much more respectful. Hassling in western Europe, or developed Asia is extremely uncommon at the border or within the country by agents of the law. What went wrong?