On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 11:03:49PM -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 01:26:22 +0000, > Bill Oliver <ven...@billoblog.com> wrote: > > > >Yeah, but poc was right in that if you have an image of the disk, you will > >know that there's an encrypted partition there, and you can get a court > >order to force the password. Since you have no fourth amamendment rights > >upon entry to the country at the moment, the government does not need a > >warrant to seize your laptop and/or make an image of it to play with at > >one's leisure. Of course, even having a good password is no guarantee any > >more. > > In the US you probably can't be ordered to provide your password. If you are > transiting the border it is probably best not to take sensitive data with > you. It will normally be safer to use the internet to transfer the data > after you have crossed the border.
It is very much a grey area, but it may not really matter. They can always keep your data and analyse later; more importantly refusal to divulge passwords could be grounds for denial of entry (only for non-US citizens). <https://www.eff.org/wp/defending-privacy-us-border-guide-travelers-carrying-digital-devices> -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
