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Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by AstralStorm on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @04:29AM (#13920608)
Well they cannot yet force you to divulge encryption keys, right?

And your nuke device might be worthless if they install a firmware exploit that will work later.

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Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by kwhitefoot on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @07:26AM (#13921256)
> Well they cannot yet force you to divulge encryption keys, right?

They might not be able to force you but it seems that they can lock you up indefinitely for contempt of court in the US and for they definitely can give you five years in the UK because it is a specific offence there under RIPA.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13919115 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6248902.

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Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by ChoGGi on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @04:59AM (#13920696)
By nuke device he may have been referring to https://www.usbkill.com

https://youtu.be/X4OmkBYB4HY

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