On 8. 12. 19 18:47, haaber wrote: > > I I will be doing some international travel in the upcoming months. In >> the past, I have had to turn on my laptop, and once I had to bring the >> system fully up and allow people to see my desktop -- though nobody has >> actually seized and gone through my computer as yet. Has anybody gotten >> increased scrutiny because they were running an enhanced security OS >> such as qubes when entering a country? If qubes is a "red flag," then >> I'll carry a different laptop. > > Carry another then, that's the safest. > > The easy solution (if you accept some "risks") that works as well is a > micro-usb & some std linux on it, that is already booted. Give it a > family picture background with sweet kids & some green :) And two or > three non-sense documents that you can open. > I agree with this.
Also, the lack of understanding by border agents how digital devices work amazes me. What the heck are they even expecting to achieve by trying to search someone's device? Hunt for serious criminals? LOL. If some person wanted to smuggle data (i.e. child porno) into the country, he would simply have to upload an encrypted ZIP container to a remote server, enter the country with a blank device and redownload it once inside. It's not even that difficult to do even for an average user. So I really don't see a legitimate reason to search electronic devices at borders. Data smuggling is just too easy. The worst thing they can do someone who knows what he's doing is be an annoyance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/5b520489-4e52-a5a4-6f2b-c4c6989f26a0%40countermail.com.
