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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by bigiain on Monday October 01, 2018 @10:03PM (#18118276)
Don't travel with your primary devices or any devices with sensitive or even personal information on them - to any country ruled by totalitarian regimes, like China, Iran, Turkey, New Zealand, Canada, or the US...

:sigh:

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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by kwhitefoot on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:31AM (#18118812)
Or the UK, and probably a long list of other countries.
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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by bigiain on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @01:27AM (#18119029)
Five eyes, nine eyes, fourteen eyes. Most probably 195 eyes, although perhaps they'll be split 3 or 4 ways instead of one unilateral bloc of pervasive government overreach consisting of every country on earth...
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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by peterashford on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @07:17PM (#18135603)
New Zealand is a "Totalitarian Regime"? Thoise words must mean something different here
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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by bigiain on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @08:14PM (#18135964)
Sure, somewhat hyperbolic, but a reference to this new law that went into force this week and the parent post:

"Travellers who refuse to hand over their phone or laptop passwords to Customs officials can now be slapped with a $5000 fine."

https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/367642/travellers-re...

I'm gonna have to treat that as a "hostile border", and treat it the same as the Chinese border...

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