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Eh, wipe disk (or install a new one), re-install OS, and if you're super paranoid then re-flash BIOS and you should be good to go.
That's literally useless for government sponsored persistent malware.
> Officers uncovered a customs-related offence during 38 per cent of those searches, said the agency. I really want to understand what kind of digital data is considered a customs-related offence.
I'm more surprised at the 38% true positive rate. If you consider false positives, it would mean that they are shockingly good at profiling and most criminals are dumb enough to leave obvious evidence on their phone, or an overwhelming majority of people have committed a "customs-related offence" so that you could pick anyone and they would be guilty.
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Most violators of the law are not "baddies", unless you believe most people are "baddies"
Most people are not baddies, but some are. True malevolence is quite real unfortunately.
According to the moral sense or The Law? As in "Three Felonies a Day". Because gestapo doesn't have too much interest in the former.
He's suing to get them back and for compensation for having to "temporarily" replace them, but even if he wins he probably shouldn't trust either device in the future (possibly more so for the laptop).
>he probably shouldn't trust either device in the future (possibly more so for the laptop). Seems risky for the government to put any firmware/hardware implants on those devices. The user is naturally going to be suspicious of it because the government had unrestricted access for days/weeks. So there's a high chance that the user might not even use it or will send it to an expert for analysis. If discovered, it's goi…
> He said the officer then confiscated his phone and laptop, and told him the items would be sent to a government lab which would try to crack his passwords and search his files. Hopefully they were powered down and used proper full-disk encryption.
Do you think its better to have an iPhone powered down or on? I am wondering if it would be possible to leverage remote wipe features, but maybe the border agents power off the device or put it in a bag / container that blocks cellular signals.
Law enforcement has tools like Cellebrite and GrayKey that can unlock or extract data while the phone is powered on but locked.
Apple is making this a bit more difficult by disabling the port if the phone hasn't been unlocked for seven days or more, but if the device is powered on and law enforcement acts fast, it's vulnerable.
https://ios.gadgethacks.com/news/heres-apples-stopping-polic...
> Officers uncovered a customs-related offence during 38 per cent of those searches, said the agency. I really want to understand what kind of digital data is considered a customs-related offence.
There’s a reality tv show that follows the Canadian border patrol, in the couple episodes I’ve seen the agents have found emails about the person crossing actually going for work when they say for tourism or visiting family.
>Wright refused, telling the officer both devices contained confidential information protected by solicitor-client privilege. >He said the officer then confiscated his phone and laptop, and told him the items would be sent to a government lab which would try to crack his passwords and search his files. Can this be used to get whatever case(es) he was defending thrown out because solicitor-client privilege was violate…
Digital privacy while crossing borders seems to increasingly be an issue. And I'm worried that it's not going to improve any time soon. Politicians and very rich people don't deal with border security the same way normal people do.
There’s a huge push to assume that travelers are criminals and all kind of inconveniences, expenses or outright humiliations are O.K.
For example, having a trusted remote party encrypt your data, and that party will only decrypt it once you've cleared customs?
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Full disk encryption is the default on MacOS Mojave.
It's also enabled by default on Surface Book 2 (and possibly other Surface line devices). No idea how well Bitlocker (or Windows Hello for that matter) stand up to border control.