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This is terrifying, I had no idea this kind of practice is already in place! In Asia, so far I never got asked for my phone and equipment, but now I wonder what
by dvcrn 8y ago
This is terrifying, I had no idea this kind of practice is already in place! In Asia, so far I never got asked for my phone and equipment, but now I wonder what the best way is to handle this. Killing my phone and restoring after entering is one way, but for a laptop that's more annoying unless you live in the cloud. Might still be a good practice to have your devices in a state where you could easily wipe and restore them in no time.
If I randomly got asked to do that, to be honest, I would rather turn around and go back instead of taking the risk that they maybe find something out of my past that can get me intro troubles.
- bigiain 8y agoDon't travel with your primary devices or any devices with sensitive or even personal information on them - to any country ruled by totalitarian regimes, like China, Iran, Turkey, New Zealand, Canada, or the US... :sigh:
- kwhitefoot 8y agoOr the UK, and probably a long list of other countries.
- bigiain 8y agoFive eyes, nine eyes, fourteen eyes. Most probably 195 eyes, although perhaps they'll be split 3 or 4 ways instead of one unilateral bloc of pervasive government overreach consisting of every country on earth...
- peterashford 8y agoNew Zealand is a "Totalitarian Regime"? Thoise words must mean something different here
- bigiain 8y agoSure, somewhat hyperbolic, but a reference to this new law that went into force this week and the parent post: "Travellers who refuse to hand over their phone or laptop passwords to Customs officials can now be slapped with a $5000 fine." https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/367642/travellers-refusing-digital-search-now-face-5000-customs-fine https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/367642/travellers-re... I'm gonna have to treat that as a "hostile border", and treat it the same as the Chinese border...