4 ms·
Ask HN: Install macOS in another partition and boot it before crossing borders?
This is in response to the recent Basecamp handbook and 1Password's new feature.
How technically competent are the folks who search devices at borders? What if I install macOS in another partition, boot it up, and unmount the original partition? Will they discover my data?
I realize nothing novel can be done in iOS devices without jailbreaking.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoAssume worst case.
- imwally 9y agoIt sounds like you want some type of plausible deniability[1] or a way to hide your secure data in pain sight but often security through obscurity is a terrible idea. Beyond using FileVault and a firmware password I don't think there's much else you can do besides physically removing the disk. Unfortunately that is not a easy task on the latest MacBooks. 1: https://defuse.ca/truecrypt-plausible-deniability-useless-by-game-theory.htm https://defuse.ca/truecrypt-plausible-deniability-useless-by...