Re:No one should have to travel in fear
by geofft on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @05:14PM
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Taking a laptop through airport security as a carry-on doesn't involve letting it out of your hands. (I assume they do not hire hobbits to hide inside the X-ray machine and implant hardware on your motherboard.)
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Re:No one should have to travel in fear
by throwawaystale on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @05:23PM
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Let's just say I have a lot or respect for the possibilities I'm aware of, together with a general sense that there's a lot that I don't know.
In any case, just because you usually get your laptop handed right back, it doesn't follow that you always will. If it matters to you, buy that burner.
Even so:
1. I can expect that there's a chance that my laptop will be taken from me (and perhaps returned modified or perhaps taken permanently) while still not being okay with that. It's one thing to expect a right to be violated; it's another thing to give up.
2. It's not unreasonable to travel with a laptop while expecting a small chance that it's taken, in which case you'll buy a new one and restore from backup, instead of buying a burner every time.
Seems easier to buy a "burner" at home though, and then it's indefinitely reusable.
Re:No one should have to travel in fear
by throwawaystale on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @05:34PM
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1. Indeed, I'm only talking about is, not ought. Please do complain. Leave Trump out, though. Nothing he can do about it, and if he seriously tried, he'd wake up with a horse's head in his bed.
2. If you truly believe your laptop is clean and encryption sufficiently uncrackable, go ahead. I don't think I'm that smart, myself.