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this doesn't help at all - in this scenario, if a gov't body wants you data, they lock you up in some room and beat you until you give them all of the passwords

• gspetr 10y ago
  I'm not sure I read the parent same way you did. What he proposed is a way to circumvent border data check by having no data on your devices during that time. If there's no encrypted data then device passwords will do nothing for them.
  • macintux 10y ago
    Did you fail to notice that the 2nd time the Canadian tried to visit he was turned away because he had no data on his phone?
    • gspetr 10y ago
      You appear to be correct. I did not pay the article my full attention as I was reading it as a bit of a background task. Thank you.
    • dbg31415 10y ago
      So throw the phone in a gift box and tell them you're bringing it to a friend who lost theirs because of the exchange rate. Plausible deniability, right? Throw your SIM card into an old Nokia 3310 if you're worried about them thinking you don't have a working phone...
• schoen 10y ago
  Where did this "and beat you" part come from? I often hear this in this context, but I've never heard of any case in the U.S. where this has actually happened. (I'm working on a guide to help people protect their data from searches at the U.S. border, and have worked on court cases related to government attempts to force people to help access encrypted data.)