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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by Shank on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:03AM (#18113168)
I store information on my phone like my private thoughts, because I know that it’s an encrypted, secured device I always have with me. I wouldn’t store that information on paper — the best analogy is that it’s a backup of parts of my brain.

When you go through customs, they can’t just search your brain. They can search your possessions, but they can’t mind dump you.

That’s the critical distinction. It’s not my property that’s the problem. It’s that it’s an extension of my brain.

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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by deegles on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:27AM (#18113517)
They only reason border agents don't use a mind-dump machine is that they don't have the technology.
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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by kotrunga on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:38AM (#18113642)
hahahahaha this is true
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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by mirkules on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:54AM (#18113849)
Continuing the "devil's advocate" perspective, perhaps the thinking that phones are an extension of the brain is the wrong way to think of them.

> I know it's an encrypted, secured device I always have with me

What if you didn't know that? What if you thought of it as just a suitcase?

If someone carries a notebook that contains printed pages of encrypted material, what is the expectation?

Whatever the answer to that question is, the expectation shouldn't change based on what medium the material is stored in.

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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by peeters on Monday October 01, 2018 @12:10PM (#18113994)
Are border agents allowed to read your diary? What if you put a simple lock on it?
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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by ForHackernews on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:25AM (#18113468)
...it's not your brain, it's a fancy electronic notebook.
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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by NearysApmonia on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @04:43AM (#18119795)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extended_Mind
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