International Travel Guide for Basecamp employees

Post by beedogs » Wed, May 03, 2017, 11:25 AM UTC

petre wrote: post #123

microtonal wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We had serious plans to go on holiday to the US this year. I have been in the US at least a dozen of times, and absolutely love the desert states, Oregon, and Washington. Entering the US was already a large hassle, but with Trump's travel bans, rumors of phone, laptop, and social media checks, we have decided to postpone our travel plans until the political/security climate improves. Semi-related: we were in the mark…

The Ford Focus sold in Europe is assembled in Germany [1]. The current US border control security climate dates since the Obama Administration. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_of_Europe#Facilities

Post by Markoff » Wed, May 03, 2017, 11:26 AM UTC

benevol wrote: post #67

> "Don't Travel With Work Data" Why would I value my personal data any less than my work data ? So what this rally means is: "Don't Travel With Any Data". And knowing that they only need to plug an infected USB device into your PC/phone/tablet to infect the latter irrevocably, the situation can now be summed up as: "Don't Travel With Any Data Or Any Hardware ". Now what does that say about the sate of a country?

Post by ItendToDisagree » Wed, May 03, 2017, 11:26 AM UTC

kyrre wrote: post #112

8draco8 wrote: post #10

I live in Europe. From my perspective going to US looks like going to some kind totalitarian country. First I have to got visa which is not automatically approved because I'm Polish not British. Then I have to go trough a lot of, mostly pointless, security checks, checking social accounts, interrogations, scans and manual personal revisions. On any stage of that I can be handcuffed and sent back to Europe for almost…

Judging by the narrative the media is putting out one would think that Poland is a nightmare patriarchal state where rape victims are denied abortion and politicians agree that woman should be paid less because they are too 'small, weak and unintelligent' for equal pay. Be more critical. Traveling to the US is a breeze for Europeans.

Post by joezydeco » Wed, May 03, 2017, 11:27 AM UTC

jdietrich wrote: post #50

8draco8 wrote: post #10

I live in Europe. From my perspective going to US looks like going to some kind totalitarian country. First I have to got visa which is not automatically approved because I'm Polish not British. Then I have to go trough a lot of, mostly pointless, security checks, checking social accounts, interrogations, scans and manual personal revisions. On any stage of that I can be handcuffed and sent back to Europe for almost…

If you have to travel to the US, fly via Shannon Airport in Ireland. A special arrangement with the Irish government allows you to pass through US immigration and customs controls while you're still on Irish soil. When you arrive in the US, you're treated as a domestic passenger. You don't avoid the intrusive interrogations, but they're a lot more polite about it because they can't detain you. If you're refused entry…

Post by martinko » Wed, May 03, 2017, 11:28 AM UTC

paulajohnson wrote: post #66

celticninja wrote: post #54

So what happens when they ask for my Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat logins and I do not have accounts with these companies? If a simple "I don't have social media accounts" is acceptable then I'm not sure why they even ask for passwords. Proving a negative is very hard.

Lying to them is a serious criminal offense carrying (IIRC) up to 5 years in prison. Even a harmless fib counts.