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Fear wins out over laziness: finally downloading TrueCrypt.
This. I have never been arrested, never investigated. But recent events, have instigated in me a fear of those in power. The Megavideo seizure was a wake up call. I wont even post comments like this under my normal HN account.
Can the US Custom force someone to unlock an encrypted drive or deny entry if you dont comply ? Im fine with the search but they have no right to scan my notebook etc.
Yes they can charge you/confiscate if you don't cooperate/unlock your data. You might be better off hiding it in plain view, it's not like they're going to do much more than a cursory glance.
1) encrypt my partitions (other than root, to make upgrades and reinstalls easier; I use LUKS)
2) copy the essential first megabytes of each LUKS partition to my server or shell account somewhere, encrypted with GPG
3) fill that space with random data
4) travel and go through customs
5) access the GPG encrypted LUKS blocks over internet, decrypt and copy them over
6) boot back into my system
If at 4) "they" require me to decrypt the partitions, I can honestly say I can't: for security reasons I don't have the decryption keys with me. If my equipment gets confiscated when they hear I won't and can't decrypt the partitions, I will have to clean the physical laptop to remove any keyloggers, or just replace it before proceeding to restore my encrypted setup. If "they" find out about my encrypted LUKS blocks, I can also ask my friend to provide half of the GPG passphrase, so that I can honestly claim I don't have the passphrase to unlock the blocks.
Regardless of ACTA, I have already established a personal policy to: 1) encrypt my partitions (other than root, to make upgrades and reinstalls easier; I use LUKS) 2) copy the essential first megabytes of each LUKS partition to my server or shell account somewhere, encrypted with GPG 3) fill that space with random data 4) travel and go through customs 5) access the GPG encrypted LUKS blocks over internet, decrypt and…
Can the US Custom force someone to unlock an encrypted drive or deny entry if you dont comply ? Im fine with the search but they have no right to scan my notebook etc.
They can't really deny you entry if you have a US passport. Yes they can charge you/confiscate if you don't cooperate/unlock your data. You might be better off hiding it in plain view, it's not like they're going to do much more than a cursory glance.
Fear wins out over laziness: finally downloading TrueCrypt.
I haven't read the whole thing yet, but a quick glance through shows Article 11: ARTICLE 11: INFORMATION RELATED TO INFRINGEMENT Without prejudice to its law governing privilege, the protection of confidentiality of information sources, or the processing of personal data, each Party shall provide that, in civil judicial proceedings concerning the enforcement of intellectual property rights, its judicial authorities h…
Regardless of ACTA, I have already established a personal policy to: 1) encrypt my partitions (other than root, to make upgrades and reinstalls easier; I use LUKS) 2) copy the essential first megabytes of each LUKS partition to my server or shell account somewhere, encrypted with GPG 3) fill that space with random data 4) travel and go through customs 5) access the GPG encrypted LUKS blocks over internet, decrypt and…
Regardless of ACTA, I have already established a personal policy to: 1) encrypt my partitions (other than root, to make upgrades and reinstalls easier; I use LUKS) 2) copy the essential first megabytes of each LUKS partition to my server or shell account somewhere, encrypted with GPG 3) fill that space with random data 4) travel and go through customs 5) access the GPG encrypted LUKS blocks over internet, decrypt and…
Not a lawyer here, but I've heard some BS laws about encryption. In some cases if you refuse to decrypt or are unable, you can be at fault and still be detained. Needs citation though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re_Boucher
In that case the government could only compel the defendant to produce his keys because they already knew what was on the drive in question.
Fear wins out over laziness: finally downloading TrueCrypt.
Allegedly pirated music. Which makes me wonder, how would they figure out whether something is pirated or not?