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Aha! Look at it this way - I can afford for my "computer" to be lost, stolen or confiscated by Border Guards at whatever territory I happen to be in, safe in th
by FerretFred 7y ago
Aha! Look at it this way - I can afford for my "computer" to be lost, stolen or confiscated by Border Guards at whatever territory I happen to be in, safe in the knowledge I can put my microSDHC card into any Raspberry Pi I can lay my hands on. Another Zero is okay, but it will work in any of the other models. My job doesn't require the luxury of a GUI, so it's ideal. Now, where to hide that microSDHC card...
- rhinoceraptor 7y agoIt seems like it would be a lot easier to just get an old Thinkpad with an easily removable 2.5" disk, such as an X201. It only takes a minute to install/remove the drive. They're super cheap and you don't need to carry a keyboard and find a TV to plug in to. You can get two drives, one is the real drive with full disk encryption, and then other is a decoy running Windows XP or something. When you check the laptop, just swap the drives and carry the real one in your carry-on.
- taneq 7y agoFair enough, but if the secret sauce is your micro-SD card then there's no reason to stop people looking at your computer, so it's not at risk of being mugged by a customs agent and so it might as well be a nice one. I can definitely see other scenarios (staying in ultra poor areas with high crime, maybe?) where having an ultra-cheap and easily replaceable device would be good though.