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You don't need a "burner" laptop/phone for entering the European Union. There are no routine checks of electronic devices except the usual x-ray machines.
by andix 2y ago
You don't need a "burner" laptop/phone for entering the European Union. There are no routine checks of electronic devices except the usual x-ray machines.
- ohgr 2y agoYeah travel in and out of Europe all the time. No issues ever. Still devices are locked and encrypted though.
- andix 2y agoEncryption is great, but in general it is not really needed, as long as you are not a suspect of a crime.
- ohgr 2y agoIt is required when you’re the victim of a crime however so it’s a good precaution. (Had my phone swiped once) If you have adequate physical security it is less necessary thus my home desktop is not encrypted.
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- graemep 2y agoMaybe not routine, but UK law allows police and border checks, and did so when we were in the EU. There are credible accusations of this power being over used and misused.
- andix 2y agoThe UK always had a very American position on those subjects. But they left the EU more than 5 years ago.
- graemep 2y agoMy point was being in the Eu did not preclude those laws and EU countries vary. Some EU countries have more of a Russian position on these things! I very much is a question of national, not EU law so you cannot generalise about the EU. Where the EU does have laws on these things it has been very anti-privacy and pro-surveillance.