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Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Re: Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Post by YZF »

dawnerd wrote: post #247
YZF wrote: post #160

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I think the correct legal approach there is to say that you are withdrawing your application to enter Canada. They're supposed to let you go back to the US at this point. I am not a lawyer.

I believe they still track this with your fingerprints so next time you try to enter you'll be asked about it. Best to be nice to the agents even if they're not being nice back. People that create a scene are the ones that end up basically banned for life.

It can be better than some alternatives. There have been stories about Canadians being asked questions about drug use at the border. Upon admitting to some historic use getting barred for life for entering. Supposedly they could have avoided answering the question by withdrawing their application (according to the lawyer consulted). This is better than getting barred for life or being refused entry and you have time to consider your options. Obviously best not get into this position in the first place but sometimes it's not your choice.

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Post by finid »

finid wrote: post #94
branchless wrote: post #81

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Someone should mod android so when you enter a second password it wipes everything but gives the appearance of a regular login.

That would be like the cryptosetup nuke patch on Kali Linux - http://linuxbsdos.com/2014/01/14/apply-the-nuke-patch-to-luk...

Cryptosetup is at version 1.7.x, but the latest patch was for cryptosetup 1.6.x. So the existing patch does not work for the latest cryptosetup.

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Post by vinay427 »

kuschku wrote: post #147
tajen wrote: post #119

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> Given how everything in most phones is by default encrypted these days Android isn't encrypted, is it? You can encrypt it BUT say goodbye to your pattern-based login, you'll have to type a password on the Qwerty keyboard every time. So, I don't think anyone enables encryption on Android.

Actually, Android is encrypted per default (required) since 5.0. You can encrypt with different passphrases at boot and login time, too.

You can also use a pattern login to decrypt at boot and unlock at login, contrary to what the grandparent comment stated.

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Post by chinathrow »

schoen wrote: post #76
chinathrow wrote: post #36

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Even more depressing is the fact that many countries take the US as their idol and start also requiring all 10 finger prints at border crossing. It's an epidemic these days.

List at https://www.stallman.org/bad-border-policy-countries.html

That list is not complete - unfortunately many more countries have begun fingerprinting since the last update.

Re: Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Post by schoen »

chinathrow wrote: post #254
schoen wrote: post #76

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List at https://www.stallman.org/bad-border-policy-countries.html

That list is not complete - unfortunately many more countries have begun fingerprinting since the last update.

Could you suggest them to RMS? In my experience he's interested in new information for the list.

Edit: is there anyone else systematically keeping track? You can get good information on FlyerTalk, but it seems to be a one-off kind of thing (asking a particular question about a particular country at a particular moment).

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Post by [deleted] »

upstarter wrote: post #218
toomuchtodo wrote: post #79

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I can't upvote this enough. I'm a law abiding citizen, but I still wipe my phone and restore from iCloud after I've made my way through customs or border control.

> I still wipe my phone and restore from iCloud after I've made my way through customs or border control. It's not enough to just re-install the OS. You have to have your hardware recycled (discarded). Within a couple of seconds, they can put spyware onto your firmware by simply inserting a prepared USB device. The only way to get rid of that kind of spyware is to destroy the hardware. The other solution is to not tr…

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Post by delackner »

digler999 wrote: post #125
delackner wrote: post #105

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I'm curious, do you think anything about your appearance or car made them profile you specifically? I crossed over a few years ago at Niagara falls and found the border agents extremely courteous and friendly, probably more so than any other crossing I've made in the world. I mention it not as anecdata, but just to wonder if even the same border agent might treat someone very negatively today (change in policy over t…

I'm all for being friendly, but sometimes being real friendly is also a sign that they're up to something. I remember reading an article about a Geo Cacher who got stopped by the Secret Service for circling around the White House in a car too many times. he said the guys on bikes were real nice and friendly , talked all about him and his geocaching....until the marked car of thugs showed up and detained him. Also, if…

Isn't that the point though? These kinds of games don't actually catch professionals. They catch normal people and normal people making foolish choices or mistakes.
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