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Re:A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until... by sah2ed on Sunday February 12, 2017 @02:51PM (#13630265)
Be sure that as such powers increase they'll obtain more sophisticated tools to help them catch smart alecks.

There's also the possibility of seizure -- not getting your encrypted hard drive back because you refused to co-operate.

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Re:A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until... by EGreg on Sunday February 12, 2017 @02:56PM (#13630304)
But they won't know whether anyone refused to cooperate or not

Otherwise you get rubber hose cryptanalysis: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13629728

Bruce Shneier's advice: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/laptop_securi...

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