Re:Ask HN: How screwed is a 17-year-old trying to enter US w...
by auganov on Sunday June 14, 2015 @04:30PM
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Well technically whatever you do, you always are at their mercy. But having looked at the document you linked to, it doesn't seem like having an encrypted drive would mean extra scrutiny. Unless you're actually planning on not giving them access when they ask. Which still, according to the document, should not mean an automatic denied entry.
https://www.eff.org/document/defending-privacy-us-border-gui...
Why make your life harder?
Make gz image of the drive. Upload it somewhere, wipe laptop, when inside the US just download it and unzip from live cd on the fly.