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What about simply not using a smartphone and accessing your data via internet when you're in the country? You could use Mega (secure file storage) to access you
by hn_submit 3mo ago
What about simply not using a smartphone and accessing your data via internet when you're in the country? You could use Mega (secure file storage) to access your files, for example.
I wonder if border agents could coerce you into giving access to your internet file storage, though.
- Gareth321 3mo agoI believe they can. I believe they can even request your social media credentials, despite that being against the ToS for those sites. It's not against the law to refuse, but they can and will reject entry on that basis.
- eru 3mo agoThat's interesting. I don't even know most of my passwords (thanks to password managers).
- Gareth321 3mo agoDon't worry, they can ask for that password too :D
- eru 3mo agoYes, but that one has 2FA, and I might not travel with that second factor on me. Of course, they won't be amused.
- TeMPOraL 3mo agoIn other words, 2FA might actively put you in danger. Something to consider before travel and perhaps temporarily lowering your digital security to preserve your physical one.
- elephanlemon 3mo agoAFAIK in the US their policies do not allow them to access your cloud stored data.
- inigyou 3mo agoRemember that the creator of Mega is getting extradited to the USA - again - a country where he's never been, by the way - for basically this crime (using encryption).
- hn_submit 3mo agoNot true. He previously ran a site called MegaUpload which hosted copyright infringing files. This is why he created Mega, which is an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service similar to OneDrive of Google Drive. Even if Mega users host illegal or copyright infringing contents he can't be convicted for it. In fact, he won't even know about it. I'm just amazed that not everyone is using it. People don't seem to know about it and they're not advertising it. They probably made a deal with LEA or politicians not to spread the word in exchange for not being extradited.
- inigyou 3mo agoBut he is still being extradited. I believe he lost his decade long argument of "why the fuck would you extradite me to somewhere I've never set foot for something that isn't actually illegal and where I'd suffer inhumane treatment"
- hn_submit 3mo agoHis extradition case has been going on for more than two decades IIRC. He'll die of old age before he's ever extradited to the U.S. There are too many legal avenues to stall and thwart the case and the U.S. doesn't see him as important enough to warrant damaging relations with an ally (New Zealand).
- Cider9986 3mo agoYeah this is ideal.