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There are two seperate issues, keeping your data secure from the government reading it, and making sure you have a copy of the data you want on both sides of th
by krschultz 18y ago
There are two seperate issues, keeping your data secure from the government reading it, and making sure you have a copy of the data you want on both sides of the border in case they do take your laptop. Both require different solutions. The first takes heavy encryption, the latter a cloud service.
Mind you the government does not have a right to your password - since it is stored in your mind and you have to basically testify to the password it is a violation of the 5th amendment. However if you have a physical key, they can get a warrant for the key, so use a password and some solid encryption and take multiple copies of data.
- greatreorx 18y ago"Mind you the government does not have a right to your password" They also don't have to let you back in the country. If your plan is to just not tell the agent your password, you might be in for an adventure. From Schneier's earlier article on this subject... "The border agent is likely to start this whole process with a "please type in your password". Of course you can refuse, but the agent can search you further, detain you longer, refuse you entry into the country and otherwise ruin your day."
- fallentimes 18y agoVery true. What you could do is set up a bunk login and password that deletes everything upon being entered.
- samkayley 18y agoNeither solution will help if they want to install surveillance software.