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Put the files you need on an encrypted online share, then download them when you need them? Then of course zero-write the hard drive and reload the software wh

Put the files you need on an encrypted online share, then download them when you need them? Then of course zero-write the hard drive and reload the software when you're done.

tsss 7y ago
That looks suspicious. You need to have at least some personal data on you for them to drool over.
- philpem 7y ago
  Household budget, a couple of old bank statements, some Github clones...?
  - blunte 7y ago
    Aha, but make sure none of the contributors to the repos you cloned are on a bad list, or you have now accidentally associated yourself with them. It's a bit of a stretch maybe, but not beyond possibility.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
  Could you say something like: "Lost everything in a hard drive crash literally two days ago, pretty busy getting ready to travel and just had time to reinstall before I jumped on the plane."
  - colejohnson66 7y ago
    No. Because lying is a serious federal felony.
- bluejekyll 7y ago
  Just be honest: “whenever I travel, for security reasons, I always wipe my laptop and phone of any personal data as I’m extremely concerned about it being stolen while traveling.”
  - deelly 7y ago
    Agent: please write login/pw/url to you data on this piece of paper. Now.
    - bluejekyll 7y ago
      To be clear. I don’t support this policy. What I’m suggesting is that by misleading/lying to an agent you might make it worse. This sucks and is stupid, all forms of dragnet type operations are. In this particular context, you could specifically discard 2fa tokens, etc., such that a password isn’t enough to login to these accounts. Now this might mean that your entry will be denied, but you will be incapable of giving them access to what they’re asking for.
- Roark66 7y ago
  So what, you just say, this is a new phone and I lost my previous one. Conversation over.
  - LurkersWillLurk 7y ago
    That is called "making false statements", a serious federal felony. 18 U.S.C. § 1001.

Put the files you need on an encrypted online share, then download them when you need them? Then of course zero-write the hard drive and reload the software when you're done.

tsss 7y ago

That looks suspicious. You need to have at least some personal data on you for them to drool over.

philpem 7y ago
Household budget, a couple of old bank statements, some Github clones...?
- blunte 7y ago
  Aha, but make sure none of the contributors to the repos you cloned are on a bad list, or you have now accidentally associated yourself with them. It's a bit of a stretch maybe, but not beyond possibility.
TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
Could you say something like: "Lost everything in a hard drive crash literally two days ago, pretty busy getting ready to travel and just had time to reinstall before I jumped on the plane."
- colejohnson66 7y ago
  No. Because lying is a serious federal felony.
bluejekyll 7y ago
Just be honest: “whenever I travel, for security reasons, I always wipe my laptop and phone of any personal data as I’m extremely concerned about it being stolen while traveling.”
- deelly 7y ago
  Agent: please write login/pw/url to you data on this piece of paper. Now.
  - bluejekyll 7y ago
    To be clear. I don’t support this policy. What I’m suggesting is that by misleading/lying to an agent you might make it worse. This sucks and is stupid, all forms of dragnet type operations are. In this particular context, you could specifically discard 2fa tokens, etc., such that a password isn’t enough to login to these accounts. Now this might mean that your entry will be denied, but you will be incapable of giving them access to what they’re asking for.
Roark66 7y ago
So what, you just say, this is a new phone and I lost my previous one. Conversation over.
- LurkersWillLurk 7y ago
  That is called "making false statements", a serious federal felony. 18 U.S.C. § 1001.