cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/58907227
“The space researcher was allegedly randomly checked on arrival, during which his professional computer and personal telephone were allegedly searched. Similarly, messages about the Trump administration’s treatment of scientists have been found.”
Encrypt everything. Consider carrying your computer with a dummy account on it, and all your actual stuff on NextCloud or similar. Then reload your computer after you get thru security. I would not even think of carrying anything incriminating thru security. Who needs the hassle?
Or better yet- don’t travel to the US.
I’m talking about travel anywhere, but especially the US. Sometimes one has to go somewhere for good reason, and mitigation of risk is needed.
Yes, I would consider getting myself a cheap phone in a clean state to travel with, and only logging into accounts after crossing into my destination country. But I’d rather just avoid the USA.
“incriminating” to be clear here, criticism of a political person should not cause you to be denied entry. That’s fucking insane. On the other hand, yes. Everything has to be encrypted, locked, and def have a dummy OS. I’m going to need to set some up.
Fedora makes full drive encryption stupid easy during initial install. I try to keep a habit of backing up my data and never having a computer in a state that i cant easily wipe and reload the OS; Games and non-system-required data on a separate physical drive, not a partition.
Assume microsoft has a copy of bitlocker keys if using Windows, they are heavily in bed with the US government and will sell you out for a piece of chewing gum.