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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by mikestew on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @03:35PM (#14404481)
At, say, the US/Canadian border? No, not accurate nor realistic at all.
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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by lb1lf on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @03:49PM (#14404615)
Then again, you don't even need a $5 attitude readjustment tool when you can just shrug and say "Whatever. You are detained until you cough up what we want." - and are able to do just that...
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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by int_19h on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @03:52PM (#14404651)
They can't detain you indefinitely without articulating a good reason, even as a non-citizen. What they can do is deny you entry. For citizens, not even that.
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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by easilyBored on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @04:36PM (#14405081)
* What they can do is deny you entry. For citizens, not even that.*

Job lost. Father died without you seeing him. Thousands of dollars gone in lost ticket, reservations. That's more than enough for 99% of people. The other 1% don't even try to enter USA

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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by partycoder on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @07:20PM (#14406315)
This happened at a US port of entry https://www.cnet.com/news/researcher-detained-at-u-s-border-...

He didn't get hit with a wrench, but rather got all his stuff seized by the FBI.

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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by mikestew on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @12:37AM (#14407645)
He didn't get hit with a wrench, but rather got all his stuff seized by the FBI.

I don't know if you've ever been hit with a wrench, but those two things are nothing alike. Starting with the fact that the FBI might not have gained access to the data in your story.

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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by mcv on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @07:13AM (#14409099)
Without context, they are very different things. In this context, however, they amount to the same thing. Your technical solution doesn't work when someone can use force against you.
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