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US customs on mail parcels cannot 1) compel you to unlock your device 2) threaten you with deportation for non-compliance not to mention that there are rooms and people trained in every airport to scan your phone as a routine component of their daily function WHEREAS customs on mail are 90% concerned about duties and 10% concerned about smuggling. 0% on what kinda sms you send to your buddies
No but it gives them far more time to plug your phone into a device that dumps the device for decryption later, as well as attempting any kind of security backdoors/exploits, or even clone the SIM card.
Again, it's called a burner. If the criminal underworld can master this concept... If you engage in stupidity online and it comes back to bite you because you wear it on your arm, my advice is don't go crying about it, unless you didn't believe enough in what you're saying to follow your words through with actions.
Talking about computer security as part of your job?
There is no end to it. Ultimately McCarthy will get what he wants if he wants it. The only way to make it hard for him is to overload him and protest it. (Which is instantly suspicious.)
I noticed you posted this from a non-throwaway account. Enjoy being flagged suspicious.
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How does a country "consider itself?" I mean, I get that the propaganda mouthpieces push this message, but that's not quite the same thing. Meanwhile there are very few countries that don't have the same type of border security that we do for foreign nationals. This advice is just as pertinent if you travel to the UK or almost any EU country.
Us Americans have been taught exceptionalism all our lives. The people consider themselves to have built and to live in the freest and generally most superlative country that ever was. We were pretty "soft" (dislike the term) on the land borders and on immigration. Fairly easy to enter, to claim asylum, to live and work on different sides, and so on. I don't have an answer for the question of if we should be making o…
That's absolutely not the impression US gives to the people outside. The visa system is soft only on one specific demographic it deems worthy (educated, wealthy, commonwealth citizen), and treats everyone else with contempt at best.
Getting a visa requires extensive background checks, and an in-person interview in a part of a consulate built like a prison. The green card lottery keeps people on uncertain ground for decades, during which they are second-class citizens and can have their entire life uprooted at any moment.
Claiming asylum via safe modes of transport has been made technically impossible (anyone suspected of seeking asylum won't be sold any tickets, won't be let through any security), and deadly dangerous and intentionally cruel towards everyone desperate enough to try anyway.
Unfortunately, many countries are like that, and the USA is not better than average even on the good side.
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Us Americans have been taught exceptionalism all our lives. The people consider themselves to have built and to live in the freest and generally most superlative country that ever was. We were pretty "soft" (dislike the term) on the land borders and on immigration. Fairly easy to enter, to claim asylum, to live and work on different sides, and so on. I don't have an answer for the question of if we should be making o…
> We were pretty "soft" (dislike the term) on the land borders and on immigration That's absolutely not the impression US gives to the people outside. The visa system is soft only on one specific demographic it deems worthy (educated, wealthy, commonwealth citizen), and treats everyone else with contempt at best. Getting a visa requires extensive background checks, and an in-person interview in a part of a consulate…
Nobody is forcing people to join the lottery. Nobody is in “limbo” against their will. it’s something that has a huge upside if you win, and little downside (apart from the Application fees).
Which country doesn’t do some kind of background check or information gathering when letting you in (except for tourism of course).
It’s extremely onerous to get a tourist visa to the EU if you’re an Indian citizen for example. Or it used to be.
They want your bank balances to make sure you aren’t going to just get on welfare.
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My family has a large bottle of wine my mother took from Italy to New York in the 90s. Wild how the times change.
That hasn't changed, they could still bring a bottle back if they choose
>Don’t just take a wiped phone: If you are especially worried about your data, you may think about wiping your phone or computer entirely before a trip and restoring from a backup later. However, a nearly blank device can create its own problems. Wipe your phone. If more people do this before travelling to the U.S. it'll quickly become less "suspicious". This is a privacy issue. I don't have anything to hide, but I a…
The alarming thing is, we all do have something to hide now, unless you're full MAGA. When anything vaguely critical of the current administration can be used as grounds for detention without due process, every bit of information on our phones becomes "sensitive."
It's surreal for me to see such a headline and article on a major US newspaper.
The US, along with Canada, Australia, Germany and a few others have been asking people at the border to unlock their phones.
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Fingerprints are known to not be unique. Matches have been found between two people.
Here is one example https://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/06/mayfield.report/ regarding the Madrid train bombing.