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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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