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04-20-2010, 12:07 AM #1An Awesome Dude
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...ad-your-itunes
EDITORIAL: TSA to download your iTunes?
Federal security workers are now free to snoop through more than just your undergarments and luggage at the airport. Thanks to a recent series of federal court decisions, the digital belongings of international fliers are now open for inspection. This includes reading the saved e-mails on your laptop, scanning the address book on your iPhone or BlackBerry and closely scrutinizing your digital vacation snapshots. [more]
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04-20-2010, 12:11 PM #2Well seeing as so many are willing to let the govt do anything,this was only a matter of time!!
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04-20-2010, 12:26 PM #3Disabled
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we have to protect intellectual property holders' rights !!!
any other right of anyone is irrelevant !
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04-20-2010, 01:32 PM #4Junior Guru
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04-20-2010, 02:05 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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Time to install PGP
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04-20-2010, 04:14 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Problem with that idea is that encryption means you're guilty in most cases... encrypted partitions means they'll sit you down in a room until you agree to unlock it for them.
Your best bet? Storing all your stuff online, then doing a factory restore on your laptop before you travel, and put it all back when you arrive. That'll show the bastards.I used to run the oldest commercial Mumble host.
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04-20-2010, 04:21 PM #7working on it
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04-20-2010, 04:22 PM #8Newbie
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Full drive encryption with TrueCrypt and a "Hidden Partition" so if they ask me to "Reveal" the password I enter a 2ndry password that loads an empty OS.
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04-20-2010, 04:46 PM #9Junior Guru
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04-20-2010, 06:30 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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04-20-2010, 06:55 PM #11Newbie
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Wow that is quite crazy..
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04-20-2010, 07:11 PM #12Web Hosting Evangelist
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Use full disk encryption with Truecrypt/Bestcrypt. Then set a custom boot message.
When my laptop is booted it simply displays a black screen with
"Operating System not found"
Typing on the keyboard echoes nothing, considering who the TSA hires I doubt many agents will go further than that.
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04-20-2010, 08:32 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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This is going a bit too far. Maybe your laptop or iPhone is going to digitally explode?
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04-21-2010, 05:40 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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04-22-2010, 10:58 AM #15Disabled
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04-22-2010, 11:58 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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Yea who cares There's so much more they can do allready which we dont even know as they wont let us know cause we will freak out... this dont amaze me at all.
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04-22-2010, 12:05 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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Correct, you're not violating anything or committing any crimes by not consenting to the search (which is basically what "I forgot the password" means)... however that doesn't change the fact that they'll probably still sit you in that chilly, fluorescent-lit room for just long enough to miss your flight... while they convince themselves that you're not holding out on them.
Traveling separate from your data is the best fix - they can search a factory-reinstalled laptop in a matter of minutes and you're on your way without having your fourth amendment rights violated.I used to run the oldest commercial Mumble host.
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04-22-2010, 01:44 PM #18Web Hosting Master
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Put a blue waffle as your device background right before you enter the airport.
One quick look at that and they will be handing your device right back to you....
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04-22-2010, 03:00 PM #19WHT Addict
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04-22-2010, 04:36 PM #20Web Hosting Master
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04-22-2010, 04:38 PM #21Junior Guru
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Haha for some reason this doesn't surprise me
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04-22-2010, 04:40 PM #22Web Hosting Master
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04-22-2010, 04:43 PM #23Disabled
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damn you google !! you win this round !!
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04-23-2010, 03:35 PM #24Web Hosting Evangelist
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You cannot be denied access to the country, they will simply confiscate the laptop if you refuse to provide the key.
I'm not talking about hiding things, I'm talking about non-compliance with stupid laws that serve only the corporate interests of entertainment companies. There is zero reason for the TSA to search your laptop, cellphone or mp3 player unless you are already the target of a criminal investigation. There is nothing you can smuggle into the country on a laptop, cellphone or mp3 player that you could not smuggle in over an ssh connection while sipping coffee in a motel room. If you are a spy or a terrorist, it is trivial to store the information you need in another country and download it at a whim over an encrypted connection from a random wifi access point, or have it shipped via FedEx on an encrypted pen drive.
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04-23-2010, 03:38 PM #25Web Hosting Master
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If you don't have anything to hide then why would it matter, If you got something to hide DONT TAKE IT. Simple as that.
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