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In the wake of recent changes to NZ law to allow the NZ government to demand traveller's pass codes to their devices when they cross NZ borders, the Australian government is stepping up its plan to snoop on user communications by introducing a systematic weakness or vulnerability to products and systems including ISPs. While being very loose on details and unclear exactly how this would work the so called 'decryption bill' while claiming that "The protections provided in this bill are actually greater than what presently exists in the physical world.” Meanwhile, not one single person has provided concrete information about the practical real world implications of this bill.
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poverty, n.:
An unfortunate state that persists as long
as anyone lacks anything he would like to have.
(Score: 1) by TechieRefugee on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:48PM (3 children)
Seems like if you wanna physically bring data out of the country, outside of SSHing into your country of origin's computer, a hidden VeraCrypt volume + a super bare OS install is gonna be the Way of the Future (tm). After all, if they can't find it, they won't know to ask for it! As for phones, well... good luck have fun.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:20PM (1 child)
Chromebook?
I would assume the government has 100% access to those, yet, who knows, maybe not?
(Score: 1) by TechieRefugee on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:43PM
Something where they wouldn't really see much of any use digging into it, like a light W7 install with the basics (Chrome/Firefox and a few other common apps maybe). Obviously without VeraCrypt installed to it, you'd need to do that once you're where you need to be. Of course, the best option is to not go to countries like this with horrible practices, but that ain't always possible.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 26 2018, @03:21AM
Perhaps an application with a countdown that erases data from the phone and hides or uninstalls itself after a period of time has passed.
Set the countdown before getting off the plane. If need be login to reset the timer.
If put in a position of someone demanding your phone tell them you'll think about it. Wait for the countdown. The phone either mysteriously dies while in their position, in which case accuse them of breaking it, or give them the logon once the logon screen indicates that the wipe is done.