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Them: Ok, we're denying you entry to this country. Alternatively, if you are a citizen: Them: We'll just keep these devices, then. When you get the password m
by x1798DE 10y ago
Them: Ok, we're denying you entry to this country.
Alternatively, if you are a citizen:
Them: We'll just keep these devices, then. When you get the password maybe you can get them back after we've searched them. Just wait here for 6-24 hours while we do our alternative background check.
- rdl 10y agoIf you're a US citizen and are harassed by CBP at the border (and you know you're not doing anything wrong), you should stand up for your rights.
- x1798DE 10y agoSure, I'm just saying that they aren't going to just be impressed with your awesome op-sec, they are going to seize your devices as evidence and harass you to the full extent that their inappropriately broad powers allow. If you're not ready for that to happen, probably best to make other arrangements.
- rdl 10y agoYeah, and I'm saying that if you can do this, you should, to help the many people who can't. I'd get more lulz value out of a $250 chromebook being taken for 6mo on bogus grounds than the cost of the chromebook. It's not a solution (since they can easily pre-sort citizen vs. non-citizen, and treat one group dramatically worse, even beyond the legal or threat-model requirements), but it's a start.
- hprotagonist 10y agoI've had a lot of practice being stubbornly bright and chipper and polite at bureaucrats. I am happy to be obnoxiously polite for days at a time, if need be.
- hprotagonist 10y agoi'm in a position where i'm able to be very happy indeed to make CBP do their jobs and waste as much of their time as possible to prove a point. (white, male, christian background, well educated, "looks like a good guy". might as well exploit those advantages)