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It would be great to have a service where-in you could rent a laptop, mobile phone, tablet etc -- then once it's returned, it's reimaged. Then those who travel

It would be great to have a service where-in you could rent a laptop, mobile phone, tablet etc -- then once it's returned, it's reimaged. Then those who travel don't have to worry about this sort of issue.

beedogs 13y ago
It would be even nicer if we didn't live in a surveillance-state kleptocracy; then we wouldn't have to worry about a lot of crap like this.
- stevewillows 13y ago
  It would be. I always wonder what they're actually looking for. Ideally, anyone with half a brain who is up to no good isn't going to keep 'evidence' on their computers. Since this often proves not to be true, the government has chosen to snoop through our stuff.
  - tripzilch 13y ago
    > I always wonder what they're actually looking for. Security. Job security.
  - anoncowherd 13y ago
    >> I always wonder what they're actually looking for Potential political prisoners - what else? They're only ever interested in anything that could constitute a threat to their power, however mild. It's also about conditioning us into apathy / obedience / accepting serfdom. The original article mentioned the guy had been to a conference on surveillance, right? They know he's an unharmonious little tax slave, a potential troublemaker! That's why his devices were confiscated, not any suspicion of "terrorism" or whatever.
toyg 13y ago
A surveillance state worth its salt would immediately pass a law (or even just police instruction) requiring 1) all customers to register an ID, 2) the rental register to be open for inspection at any time, 3) all drives to be snapshotted before being reimaged.
DanBC 13y ago
There must be some kind of product already existing where corporate laptops are wiped to a clean install of the OS, (ready to be taken through customs) with VPN software to safely download a package of needed data and setup information. And then to wipe that before return travel.
- stevewillows 13y ago
  Heck, even a hidden, encrypted partition that made a TB hard disk appear to be a 500GB - - even physically through decals on the drive. In relating to the other story about secrets, what do we really have to hide that we don't want the TSA to see?

beedogs 13y ago

It would be even nicer if we didn't live in a surveillance-state kleptocracy; then we wouldn't have to worry about a lot of crap like this.

stevewillows 13y ago
It would be. I always wonder what they're actually looking for. Ideally, anyone with half a brain who is up to no good isn't going to keep 'evidence' on their computers. Since this often proves not to be true, the government has chosen to snoop through our stuff.
- tripzilch 13y ago
  > I always wonder what they're actually looking for. Security. Job security.
- anoncowherd 13y ago
  >> I always wonder what they're actually looking for Potential political prisoners - what else? They're only ever interested in anything that could constitute a threat to their power, however mild. It's also about conditioning us into apathy / obedience / accepting serfdom. The original article mentioned the guy had been to a conference on surveillance, right? They know he's an unharmonious little tax slave, a potential troublemaker! That's why his devices were confiscated, not any suspicion of "terrorism" or whatever.

toyg 13y ago

A surveillance state worth its salt would immediately pass a law (or even just police instruction) requiring 1) all customers to register an ID, 2) the rental register to be open for inspection at any time, 3) all drives to be snapshotted before being reimaged.

DanBC 13y ago

There must be some kind of product already existing where corporate laptops are wiped to a clean install of the OS, (ready to be taken through customs) with VPN software to safely download a package of needed data and setup information. And then to wipe that before return travel.

stevewillows 13y ago
Heck, even a hidden, encrypted partition that made a TB hard disk appear to be a 500GB - - even physically through decals on the drive. In relating to the other story about secrets, what do we really have to hide that we don't want the TSA to see?