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Or so one might think... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24mlK24YDPI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24mlK24YDPI

by snitko 13y ago

Mikeb85 13y ago
So they sent him through a different customs agent, who took a cell phone he voluntarily gave to them, and then let him go... Doesn't sound particularly awful. Anyhow, they probably suspected he was going to work illegally in Canada (plenty of people come as visitors and work illegally), and wanted to make sure that those weren't his plans. Edit - furthermore, having any sort of sensitive information on a cell phone is idiotic, since they are far from secure. It's not terribly difficult to hack any device with physical access - and it's not hard to simply lose your cell phone...
- snitko 13y ago
  Holding a US citizen for 4 hours. And tricked him into giving his cellphone. Yep. He probably came there to work illegally.
  - Mikeb85 13y ago
    4 hours? Unless I misheard, he mentioned he waited in the queue for an hour, and then waited on the agent for half an hour. If you've ever flown into Toronto when it's busy, you can spend longer waiting on the normal queue in customs... Is that detainment too? I'm sure if he wanted, he could have gone back the other way. He didn't need to enter Canada. At no point in the podcast did he describe anything that could actually be called 'holding' or 'detainment'....
  - perlpimp 13y ago
    Alot of my friends did the oppostie. American employers pay higher wages for professional labour than those in Canada. Most americans travel to study in Canada. Canadian economy is quite conservative, maybe thats why it fared ok in last recession. So it does not make sense, to me at least. my 2c.
    - TheLegace 13y ago
      Unfortuately people are very risk averse here, and like many VCs(according to PG) they don't exactly understand the tech their investing in. I guess SV or the US in general have investor class that can take risks. Personally for political reasons I will stay in Canada, but finding investors for my startup is going to be difficult. Lucikly Intel will save the day for me.(fingers crossed).

Or so one might think... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24mlK24YDPI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24mlK24YDPI

by snitko 13y ago

Or so one might think... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24mlK24YDPI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24mlK24YDPI

So they sent him through a different customs agent, who took a cell phone he voluntarily gave to them, and then let him go... Doesn't sound particularly awful. Anyhow, they probably suspected he was going to work illegally in Canada (plenty of people come as visitors and work illegally), and wanted to make sure that those weren't his plans. Edit - furthermore, having any sort of sensitive information on a cell phone is idiotic, since they are far from secure. It's not terribly difficult to hack any device with physical access - and it's not hard to simply lose your cell phone...

snitko 13y ago
Holding a US citizen for 4 hours. And tricked him into giving his cellphone. Yep. He probably came there to work illegally.
- Mikeb85 13y ago
  4 hours? Unless I misheard, he mentioned he waited in the queue for an hour, and then waited on the agent for half an hour. If you've ever flown into Toronto when it's busy, you can spend longer waiting on the normal queue in customs... Is that detainment too? I'm sure if he wanted, he could have gone back the other way. He didn't need to enter Canada. At no point in the podcast did he describe anything that could actually be called 'holding' or 'detainment'....
- perlpimp 13y ago
  Alot of my friends did the oppostie. American employers pay higher wages for professional labour than those in Canada. Most americans travel to study in Canada. Canadian economy is quite conservative, maybe thats why it fared ok in last recession. So it does not make sense, to me at least. my 2c.
  - TheLegace 13y ago
    Unfortuately people are very risk averse here, and like many VCs(according to PG) they don't exactly understand the tech their investing in. I guess SV or the US in general have investor class that can take risks. Personally for political reasons I will stay in Canada, but finding investors for my startup is going to be difficult. Lucikly Intel will save the day for me.(fingers crossed).