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So what if you are asked if your device is in its normal state or whether you deleted any data from your device before travelling? Lying in that situation woul

So what if you are asked if your device is in its normal state or whether you deleted any data from your device before travelling? Lying in that situation would seem like a very bad idea (I'm not a US national) - I've had a few uncomfortable experiences over the years entering the US and I certainly wouldn't want to do anything that would give cause to escalate things on their side.

Aromasin 8y ago
What do they do if you say no in this situation though? Escort you home and inspect your desktop computer there? If I were to tell them that I carry a travel laptop/phone with no information on, there's little they'd be able to do about it unless that in itself was somehow made a crime.
tome 8y ago
Say, "yes I wiped it in case it got lost whilst I was travelling"?
mcv 8y ago
You can be as honest as you like. Or just say you don't take data with you when you travel. For security reasons. If it's work related, this is trivial to justify: company policy, trade secrets shouldn't fall in the wrong hands, etc. And even if private, phone theft and identity theft are serious concerns.
- arethuza 8y ago
  OK and engaging full blown paranoia mode: What if they ask me to log into gmail and Office 365 (I use both) so they can see what I was trying to hide?
  - mcv 8y ago
    Have a password you can't remember, so it's in your password safe which is not on this device. According to another comment, 1password has a special travel mode that supports this.
  - reitanqild 8y ago
    > OK and engaging full blown paranoia mode: What if they ask me to log into gmail and Office 365 ... Doesn't sound that paranoid to me: wasn't there talk already a year ago about trying to force people to log into social media accounts when crossing the border?
8note 8y ago
yes, I'm not importing that data to the USA?
jrace 8y ago
I would hope that admitting to deleting data is not admitting to a crime. I delete data all the time (old emails, texts, pictures, etc...)

Aromasin 8y ago

What do they do if you say no in this situation though? Escort you home and inspect your desktop computer there? If I were to tell them that I carry a travel laptop/phone with no information on, there's little they'd be able to do about it unless that in itself was somehow made a crime.

tome 8y ago

Say, "yes I wiped it in case it got lost whilst I was travelling"?

mcv 8y ago

You can be as honest as you like. Or just say you don't take data with you when you travel. For security reasons. If it's work related, this is trivial to justify: company policy, trade secrets shouldn't fall in the wrong hands, etc. And even if private, phone theft and identity theft are serious concerns.

arethuza 8y ago
OK and engaging full blown paranoia mode: What if they ask me to log into gmail and Office 365 (I use both) so they can see what I was trying to hide?
- mcv 8y ago
  Have a password you can't remember, so it's in your password safe which is not on this device. According to another comment, 1password has a special travel mode that supports this.
- reitanqild 8y ago
  > OK and engaging full blown paranoia mode: What if they ask me to log into gmail and Office 365 ... Doesn't sound that paranoid to me: wasn't there talk already a year ago about trying to force people to log into social media accounts when crossing the border?

8note 8y ago

yes, I'm not importing that data to the USA?

jrace 8y ago

I would hope that admitting to deleting data is not admitting to a crime. I delete data all the time (old emails, texts, pictures, etc...)