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Re:New DHS policy on demands for passwords to travelers’ ele... by saurik on Friday January 12, 2018 @03:20AM (#16131334)
The wiped laptop certainly doesn't look like that of a normal user without adding stuff.
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Re:New DHS policy on demands for passwords to travelers’ ele... by easytiger on Friday January 12, 2018 @03:32AM (#16131381)
> normal user

The normal user browses the web and almost nothing else.

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Re:New DHS policy on demands for passwords to travelers’ ele... by Kirth on Friday January 12, 2018 @05:58AM (#16131976)
It always amazes me what a "normal user" collects on their device when all they really do is use it as an internet machine.
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Re:New DHS policy on demands for passwords to travelers’ ele... by saurik on Friday January 12, 2018 @09:07AM (#16132856)
... but this laptop hasn't even been browsing the web, and so it will have no history and no cache and no saved passwords for websites and wifi hotspots ...
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Re:New DHS policy on demands for passwords to travelers’ ele... by nicolas_t on Sunday January 14, 2018 @01:04AM (#16143032)
That's actually a good point. Might be a good idea for a software there: something that generates fake browsing history for the different browsers.
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