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They can't really deny you entry if you have a US passport. Yes they can charge you/confiscate if you don't cooperate/unlock your data. You might be better off
by tnuc 15y ago
They can't really deny you entry if you have a US passport.
Yes they can charge you/confiscate if you don't cooperate/unlock your data. You might be better off hiding it in plain view, it's not like they're going to do much more than a cursory glance.
- felixfurtak 15y agoIf you're that worried about your data, tar, gpg and then dd it to an unused portion of your hd.
- dbuxton 15y agoThe tone of this entire thread is very paranoid and it's not helped by slightly rash comments like this. The EFF says that you can't be required to unlock encrypted files without a court order. https://www.eff.org/document/defending-privacy-us-border-guide-travelers-carrying-digital-devices https://www.eff.org/document/defending-privacy-us-border-gui... Whether or not that's a good idea is up to you and certainly (as a non-US citizen) I'd be very reluctant to start making a fuss - if I had anything sufficiently sensitive that a long flight home seemed the less-bad option, I would have just sent it in parallel. FWIW I'm a Canadian citizen and when returning to that country I refuse, politely, to answer any questions whatsoever (which have become really quite intrusive) on the grounds that there is no legal requirement to answer. It often leads to a customs screen (which is a ten minute delay/irritation) but there, and I assume in the US, there is no right to deny entry to someone holding valid travel documents.