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If your border crossing strategy involves a wiped/clean/factorydefaults device, always, always, always put a zip bomb[1] in place. Name it something helpful l
by rsync 10y ago
If your border crossing strategy involves a wiped/clean/factorydefaults device, always, always, always put a zip bomb[1] in place.
Name it something helpful like "do_not_open_this_file.zip".
They can't say you didn't warn them ...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_bomb
- roywiggins 10y agoAnd then get held for hours just to spite you? That doesn't seem worth it to me.
- zenlikethat 10y agoIf the device is wiped anyway, why the zip bomb? Just to be rude?
- purple-again 10y agoYou might think that's funny but the authority has plenty of power to fuck with you at their discretion. You just gave them probable cause to hold you for 24 hours by destroying potentially terrorist documents. Not quite 'dead right' level but certainly 'dumb right'.