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1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders

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

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Post by greyfox »

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.

genious idea though

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

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Post by robbyking »

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...

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

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Post by djsumdog »

tankenmate wrote: post #74
peterkelly wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Answer no, and it's just as valid as if you had a hand-written notebook full of work-related records that you left in your office back home before traveling. There aren't any reasonable justifications for requiring you to bring all information you physically have access to you with you when traveling, regardless of the format it's stored in. Not bringing something with you is inherently different from hiding it.

Lying to a federal employee is a felony; if you know you are answering untruthfully and the USG can prove it then you are probably going to prison.

I think we need a lawyer here, but this seems totally wrong. You're only committing a crime if you lie under oath, either to a court or congress. Cops lie to people all the time.

You should use your right to be silent rather than answer any questions of course, but that right disappears at the border.

Still, lying to a customs agent isn't a felony (at least not in the US). (If so, please cite the law). If you're not a citizen of the country you are entering, the most they can do is refuse entry. If you are a citizen, well there is where it can get complicated.

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

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Post by eriknstr »

gruez wrote: post #31

Counter: the border agent asks "are you hiding any information from us?". answer yes, and they get you to disable travel mode. answer no, and you just committed a felony.

The data is actually removed from your device so you aren't hiding anything. Like someone else said it would be ridiculous if you were forced to have all your data on your device when you travel.

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

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Post by Jtsummers »

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.

Someone posted something like this 1-2 years ago here. They used a Yubikey (?) with TOTP to give one-time read-only (?) access to their email while traveling. They posted the project on github, I believe it was a Show HN but I cannot seem to work out the search-fu to find it.

EDIT: Ok, TOTP was wrong in my recollection. They use pregenerated one-time passwords:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12255833

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

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Post by peeters »

djsumdog wrote: post #94
tankenmate wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lying to a federal employee is a felony; if you know you are answering untruthfully and the USG can prove it then you are probably going to prison.

I think we need a lawyer here, but this seems totally wrong. You're only committing a crime if you lie under oath, either to a court or congress. Cops lie to people all the time. You should use your right to be silent rather than answer any questions of course, but that right disappears at the border. Still, lying to a customs agent isn't a felony (at least not in the US). (If so, please cite the law). If you're not…

> You're only committing a crime if you lie under oath, either to a court or congress.

This is unfortunately far from the truth. See this recent post: http://www.wisenberglaw.com/Articles/How-to-Avoid-Going-to-J...

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