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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by more_corn on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:26PM (#35619556)
What the fuck. Nobody gets my passwords. I’m not unlocking shit for anyone.

Looks like UK is on the hard avoid list.

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by jmclnx on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:29PM (#35619600)
I know, I was thinking of going there next year, not now.
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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by devmunchies on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:34PM (#35619666)
If concerned about privacy/security during international travel, a good option is to get a burner phone. A cheap android phone is peanuts.
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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by mrkeen on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:37PM (#35619705)
Give it time. One day people will be arrested at borders for "suspicion that they are travelling with a decoy phone".
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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by c1sc0 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @12:20AM (#35624198)
“Not having a smart phone” already is a warning sign in some countries.
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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by pengaru on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:52PM (#35619935)
Yeppppp

https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by nobody9999 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:30PM (#35620523)
>If concerned about privacy/security during international travel, a good option is to get a burner phone. A cheap android phone is peanuts.

Or just a Nandroid[0][1] backup and flashing the stock rom before you go, then restoring upon return.

[0] https://www.howtogeek.com/240582/how-to-back-up-and-restore-...

[1] I don't know if this is possible with Apple phones, as I don't use them. Perhaps someone could elucidate on the viability of this option for iOS devices?

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by sph on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:16PM (#35620317)
Well shit, this was my reason not to ever visit the US, but I live in Britain so I'm fucked anyway.
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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by jmclnx on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:44PM (#35620715)
I wish I could laugh, seems the US, UK and Australia are in a competition to see who can out do each other.

What is it with English Speaking Countries ? I guess Canada is OK because of Quebec keeps them sane :)

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by yamtaddle on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:12PM (#35621108)
> What is it with English Speaking Countries ?

Legal systems based on common-law?

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by louloulou on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:20PM (#35621196)
Canada has the same shit, NZ too.
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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by upofadown on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @07:01PM (#35621689)
Apparently not for the Canadian case:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law#Canada

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by jmclnx on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @10:21AM (#35628535)
>In a 2010 Quebec Court of Appeal case the court stated that a password compelled from an individual by law enforcement "is inadmissible and that renders the subsequent seizure of the data unreasonable

Quebec for the win :)

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by ta1243 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:26AM (#35626457)
France and Belgium also have similar laws backed by imprisonment
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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by ta1243 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:24AM (#35626445)
Literally been like this for over 15 years, and people were sent to jail from 2009 onwards because of it

https://www.theregister.com/2009/11/24/ripa_jfl

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by pengaru on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:48PM (#35619873)
It's not like Americans never get arrested or even jailed for remaining silent, despite it being protected by the fifth amendment.

The US and UK are more similar than they are different.

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by wordyskeleton on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:54PM (#35619966)
https://theintercept.com/2019/06/22/cbp-border-searches-jour...
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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by sph on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:15PM (#35620298)
Who says they're from the US?
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