On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 03:58:03PM +0200, Ma Begaj wrote: > 2008/5/19 Arno Wagner <arno@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 03:15:19PM +0200, Ma Begaj wrote: > >> 2008/5/18 Arno Wagner <arno@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> > I should add that hiding does not work very well if the other side > >> > has the power to make you give them the key, e.g. at a US border > >> > crossing. > >> > >> just to be clear ... they have the right to get all your personal data > >> from your laptop without any paper, like court order? damn ... > > > > Looks that way. And if you refuse to give the keys, they > > can send you back and never need to justify it. Current > > advice for people handling confidential data is to cross > > the border with a clean Laptop and to get the data afterwards > > over the Internet. Wipe it securely before crossing the border > > again or destroy and leave the HDD behind. > > > > Damn, traveling to the US is getting to be more and more of a > > pain. No surprise their tourism revenue is way down. > > > > well, I think I will dd disk and reinstall Slackware before I start my > journey ... and use VPN for the rest. > a few years ago, I would be "very ready" to take the time and argue > with these border cops ... but not today, it does not sound as a good > idea in these days. You cannot argue. Their mindset (and that of their administration) is that they have the supreme power, can do what they please, and that makes them safe. So no arguing, as they know it all. (Demonstrating the invalidity of these assumptions on their part is left as an easy exercise to the reader....) Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dipl. Inform., CISSP --- Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier --------------------------------------------------------------------- dm-crypt mailing list - http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: dm-crypt-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: dm-crypt-help@xxxxxxxx
