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Re: 1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders

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Post by peeters »

vorticalbox wrote: post #110
peeters wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What lie has been told?

From what I understand, it removes everything but ones marked as safe therefore you're not hiding anything. It's like moving your private files from a device before travelling, you're not hiding anything you just didn't bring it.

That's how I understand it. It is the physical presence of data that allows the warrantless search in the first place. Leaving data off of your device would be treated no different than leaving your device at home entirely.

Re: 1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders

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Post by djsumdog »

matt_wulfeck wrote: post #39
netgusto wrote: post #18

Wouldn't an alternative "destroy everything" password be a good idea also ? Would work like this : When forced to enter / give the password to your vault, you enter/give this one, and everything the vault contains is wiped out before the vault is unlocked.

Once again we drum up technical "solutions" to what ultimately is a policy issue. A better idea is to change our laws so that our constitutional rights are respected. If that's not possible then the next solution is to change our elected officials.

> change our elected officials

In America, who you vote in has very little effect on public policy, and by very little I mean a near zero/statically insignificant amount (unless you're part of the top 10% of income earners):

http://fightthefuture.org/videos/does-voting-make-a-differen...

Re: 1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders

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Post by preinheimer »

petepete wrote: post #25

Is travelling with confidential data really necessary? Wouldn't it make more sense for me to have a 'empty' notebook and store my data out of harm's way (but accessible via a VPN).

If you're a company this is easy to manage. Give people laptops with nothing on them. Don't credential them until they phone your help desk from their hotel.

Re: 1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders

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Post by stickfigure »

The right solution to this problem is, when traveling, always answer "no" to "may I search your laptop?"

It sucks, and it many mean a lot of hassle ranging from confiscated equipment to being held at the border to being refused entry, but this is just one of the new risks of travel. Border security only gets away with this because people say yes.

Companies need to make clear to their employees (and the public) that sharing passwords is a terminable policy violation. You should be able to say, honestly and credibly, "I won't unlock my laptop because I don't want to get fired."

Re: 1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders

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Post by specialist »

I'm a very happy 1Password customer.

Repeating my #1 feature request here, dovetailing this thread, please forgive.

Problem: My logins keep breaking as websites evolve, change their forms, etc.

Suggestion: Online catalog of login config/scripts.

a) Pre-populate with "official" scripts for top 50 websites. Also serve as examples to show everyone how its done.

b) Permit users to submit new scripts.

c) Version these scripts. Use some kind of repo.

d) Keep track of success rate, a la bugmenot, retailmenot, etc. Anonymize feedback, of course.

Re: 1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders

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Post by rosser »

stickfigure wrote: post #114

The right solution to this problem is, when traveling, always answer "no" to "may I search your laptop?" It sucks, and it many mean a lot of hassle ranging from confiscated equipment to being held at the border to being refused entry, but this is just one of the new risks of travel. Border security only gets away with this because people say yes. Companies need to make clear to their employees (and the public) that s…

Do you honestly think customs agents care whether you'll get fired or not? US immigrations will permanently sever families that have been together for years or even decades with utter disregard for the emotional trauma they're inflicting.

Your job matters exactly fuck-all to a CPB agent.

Re: 1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders

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Post by djsumdog »

netgusto wrote: post #18

Wouldn't an alternative "destroy everything" password be a good idea also ? Would work like this : When forced to enter / give the password to your vault, you enter/give this one, and everything the vault contains is wiped out before the vault is unlocked.

You'd want to make sure it erased the data while making it seem like the data set was empty. You'd even need that special password to remove traces of itself and how it erased the encrypted data, as anything left over could be evidence for destroying evidence.

Re: 1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders

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Post by pavel_lishin »

robbyking wrote: post #93
vit05 wrote: post #66

One thing that I have always thought about is why Emails doesn't have disposable passwords. For example, you make 1 new password that you can use just one time. That way if you need to use unsafe PC from a hostel, you can log in with that password.

Or why we have passwords at all. Sites like Medium have moved to a passwordless model, where you're sent a login link to access your account rather than forcing you to remember or retrieve a password. https://blog.medium.com/signing-in-to-medium-by-email-aacc21...

Where would you send a link to log into your email?

Re: 1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders

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Post by specialist »

djsumdog wrote: post #112
matt_wulfeck wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Once again we drum up technical "solutions" to what ultimately is a policy issue. A better idea is to change our laws so that our constitutional rights are respected. If that's not possible then the next solution is to change our elected officials.

> change our elected officials In America, who you vote in has very little effect on public policy, and by very little I mean a near zero/statically insignificant amount (unless you're part of the top 10% of income earners): http://fightthefuture.org/videos/does-voting-make-a-differen...

Eeyore / South Park style cyncism actively forments apathy. Self-fulfiling prophesy.

Counterpoint: My friends and associates do amazing things. Marriage equality, marijuana legalization, DREAM Act, etc, etc. I (a yeoman) also do what I can.

Maybe think of politics, society, culture like thermodynamics:

Organization requires continuous effort, to mitigate entropy.

Re: 1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders

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Post by vijayr »

stickfigure wrote: post #114

The right solution to this problem is, when traveling, always answer "no" to "may I search your laptop?" It sucks, and it many mean a lot of hassle ranging from confiscated equipment to being held at the border to being refused entry, but this is just one of the new risks of travel. Border security only gets away with this because people say yes. Companies need to make clear to their employees (and the public) that s…

Companies need to make clear to their employees (and the public) that sharing passwords is a terminable policy violation

So which is a better option? Losing a job (or) refused entry/detention/harassment after 24+ hours on the plane/getting treated like a criminal....? (not that criminals need to be treated badly)

The right solution to this problem is saner laws and educating the public about privacy and related topics

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