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1. k310 · 1789745717 · focus · HN ↗

   Everyone please read Surveillance Self Defense from EFF [0]

   My advice, take a burner phone to the airport (and elsewhere?), and since devices are subject to warrantless search anywhere and everywhere, via exceptions to the fourth amendment [1] (the constitution seems designed to be bent or outright ignored), keep your data at home and encrypted. The "cloud" is a government data supermarket.

   For example.

   > While the Fourth Amendment is the foundation, federal and state laws can add layers of complexity. For example, the Patriot Act expanded the government's ability to conduct surveillance and searches, particularly in national security cases, sometimes with a lower burden of proof than traditional criminal investigations.

   MUCH lower.

   [0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ssd.eff.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ssd.eff.org&#x2F;

   [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;uslawexplained.com&#x2F;warrantless_search" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;uslawexplained.com&#x2F;warrantless_search

   1. doctorpangloss · 1789754321 · focus · HN ↗

      &quot;Hey Mr. Border Guard, this is a burner phone, have at it!&quot;

      &quot;Okay can you login to your email for me? If not I&#x27;m going to have to keep you here until you do.&quot;

      1. trollbridge · 1789755264 · focus · HN ↗

         You have to set up trivial, low value “burner” email that you use for your emailing activity when overseas, and other related social media accounts, and make sure to keep them “warm”.

         A spare old Pixel or iPhone SE is $20-$50 you can use for this purpose.

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