I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by drvdevd on Sunday January 22, 2017 @05:49AM (#13454630)

I agree - basically. The scheme is designed to be a half truth essentially. One that you can mentally convince yourself of in a tight situation, which would relieve you somewhat of the need to be "tough", psychologically speaking. At least for a while, anyway.

wrt giving up the key under extended duress, I was thinking the same thing and aside from simply wiping the disk I can think of another scheme that might serve you well: give the header to a trusted 3rd party who could simply be the one actually controlling access to your data. Your lawyer for example.

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by hollander on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:55PM (#13483884)

If you give it to your lawyer, it's still half truth, and still you can break and call him to mail the headers to you. If this is so important, setup a server that you control with your data encrypted on it, and enter the US with a clean Ubuntu system, or even a Chromebook with a fresh account.

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