What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at the US border?

Re:What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at t... by Borealid on Thursday February 16, 2017 @11:29AM (#13661183)

I feel obligated to point out that:

1. my phone has a 200GB microSD card in it right now 2. 256GB microSD cards are readily available 3. phones with two microSD cards are available 4. I can easily purchase a 4TB hard drive that is roughly the same size as a pack of cards

It's not terribly relevant, but you're dramatically underestimating the volume of data that can be reasonably stored by media carried on one's person.

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Re:What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at t... by iak8god on Thursday February 16, 2017 @11:45AM (#13661326)

1,2,3) I kinda forgot they still make phones with SD slots :). OK, so the storage goes up by 10x, but still, there are multitude of more convenient and more secure ways to move that much data around.

4) Encrypt that drive and ship it. Why would anyone up to no good go to the bother of passing through border security with it on their person?

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Re:What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at t... by ridgeguy on Thursday February 16, 2017 @08:58PM (#13665329)

I'm curious - if one carries a microSD card in one's mouth, will mm-wave or X-ray backscatter airport scanners see it?

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Re:What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at t... by rsync on Thursday February 16, 2017 @04:59PM (#13663907)

"3. phones with two microSD cards are available"

link ? Genuinely curious ...

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