Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press...
by twr on Friday December 02, 2016 @06:52PM
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It's highly unlikely that the Canada Border Services Agency, of all organizations, is able to defeat competent modern crypto implementations.
It's also quite unlikely that they can circumvent a basic `tar -c /dev/block/* | gpg -se ...` scheme that's trivially doable on unlockable Android phones. (Replacing the bootloader with a maliciously crafted variant that returns false partition data after bootup would work, but once again: CBSA.)
You're probably safe if you just do an iCloud backup and wipe followed later by a restore.
Certainly do replace the SIM card as soon as possible though, IMO. Unless you can verify it somehow.
It's also quite unlikely that they can circumvent a basic `tar -c /dev/block/* | gpg -se ...` scheme that's trivially doable on unlockable Android phones. (Replacing the bootloader with a maliciously crafted variant that returns false partition data after bootup would work, but once again: CBSA.)
You're probably safe if you just do an iCloud backup and wipe followed later by a restore.
Certainly do replace the SIM card as soon as possible though, IMO. Unless you can verify it somehow.