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In enhanced security checks in the EU, they often make you turn on your electronic devices.
by Zetice 3y ago
In enhanced security checks in the EU, they often make you turn on your electronic devices.
- dylan604 3y agocan they force you to log in?
- Zetice 3y agoWhen this has happened to me, it's been about ensuring the device can turn on at all, they don't investigate what's on it.
- dylan604 3y agowith this concept of testing for actual electronic equipment vs nefarious object disguised as an electronic device my protections of shutdown still hold
- Zetice 3y agoSure, but it's overkill. You'll have to turn it on anyway if you're selected.
- dylan604 3y agoTurning it on without logging in does not decrypt the FDE volume though. I'm only turning it off to ensure the decryption keys are not in memory. There's nothing on my laptop that would land me in trouble, but they're going to need a $5 wrench to get access. The day that happens, we'll know if it will need to be used, or if the mere presence of the wrench is enough
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoMy approach is to replace the SecureBoot keys with one of my own signing, and sign my own bootloader. Have it boot into Windows unless a specific key combo is pressed, otherwise have it boot into Linux and require a password to decrypt the drive. Plausible deniability and FDE (for the partition you care about at least).
- throwaway742 3y agoYes and if you refuse they confiscate the device.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoOnly time I was ever asked to login was in Morocco. It was an older agent and I assume he just wanted to make sure it wasn't a fake screen or something. I didn't like it though.