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Best case scenario is they just seize your device for a few months if it's encrypted. I definitely wouldn't take any risks at all as a non-citizen. Don't trave

by TillE 10y ago

Best case scenario is they just seize your device for a few months if it's encrypted. I definitely wouldn't take any risks at all as a non-citizen. Don't travel with encrypted data; travel with no data. That is, only travel with what you're willing to expose to malicious strangers. Stash anything else you need on a server somewhere, and encrypt that.

diafygi 10y ago
Aren't there reports of asking for social media passwords, even if you don't have a device[1]? So traveling without electronics seems to not prevent access to private information. Q: "I have Facebook open on my screen. What is the username and password to your Facebook account?" So now most people have a choice. Do you lie and say you don't have a facebook account, do you try and change your password so you can say "you don't know it" (possibly getting rejected from entering), or do you give them the password? [1] - http://www.businessinsider.com/john-kelly-travel-ban-social-media-password-2017-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/john-kelly-travel-ban-social-...
- bobsil1 10y ago
  Use a password manager. "I have no idea, sir."
  - hughdbrown 10y ago
    So you set your account to some string selected by your password manager and you don't have the password manager on your phone/computer. Then the agent says, "Fine, why don't you: 1. install the password manager on your phone/computer and log in to the password manager or 2. reset your password for the account and get the reset link emailed to you." Your ignorance only takes you to the next step.
    - bobsil1 10y ago
      "It's not in the cloud. It's on my Mac at home."
    - askvictor 10y ago
      "I have two factor authentication on my password manager, and the second factor is this phone which I can't unlock as the password is a random string stored only on a USB stick in my house" (Or 2nd factor itself is at home)

by TillE 10y ago

diafygi 10y ago

Aren't there reports of asking for social media passwords, even if you don't have a device[1]? So traveling without electronics seems to not prevent access to private information. Q: "I have Facebook open on my screen. What is the username and password to your Facebook account?" So now most people have a choice. Do you lie and say you don't have a facebook account, do you try and change your password so you can say "you don't know it" (possibly getting rejected from entering), or do you give them the password? [1] - http://www.businessinsider.com/john-kelly-travel-ban-social-media-password-2017-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/john-kelly-travel-ban-social-...

bobsil1 10y ago
Use a password manager. "I have no idea, sir."
- hughdbrown 10y ago
  So you set your account to some string selected by your password manager and you don't have the password manager on your phone/computer. Then the agent says, "Fine, why don't you: 1. install the password manager on your phone/computer and log in to the password manager or 2. reset your password for the account and get the reset link emailed to you." Your ignorance only takes you to the next step.
  - bobsil1 10y ago
    "It's not in the cloud. It's on my Mac at home."
  - askvictor 10y ago
    "I have two factor authentication on my password manager, and the second factor is this phone which I can't unlock as the password is a random string stored only on a USB stick in my house" (Or 2nd factor itself is at home)