How to protect your phone and data when crossing the U.S. border | CIRA
How to protect your phone and data when crossing the U.S. border – CIRA
There are similar guides from other organizations as well, if anyone has a link on hand
As others have said just do not cross the border!
But maybe your employer requires you to go down there, you have rights in Canada your employer cannot ask you to do something that is unsafe to your mental or physical health and I am sure being put into a situation where your likelihood of being shipped off to a concentration camp is not 0% counts.
Maybe you have a dying family member, sorry to hear that. You want to see them before they crok then follow the instructions in this article, but maybe start believing in a sky daddy and pray to him that you do not get caught down there. Make sure it is the right version of Sky Daddy, you know the one that gives a shit about you and your adventures into the US.
Maybe you had plans to go on holidays down there before this poop all started, for that I ask what the Fuck have you been doing to not cancel those plans?
I have a colleague who said he feels fine going down there for whatever cause he thinks he’ll pass with just how white he looks 🤷 Some people…
Does he know that white foreigners are also being detained? Like obviously not as much but if they find something they don't like on you...
After Carney and Trump’s 30 day trade negotiations are over I am thinking more Canadians are going to get a free trip to Florida, when they cross the boarder. That trip is not going to be relaxing in any way, they will have to hope to not be eaten by alligators when the wind blows a little.
"Protect your phone."
People are being kidnapped and dying while in custody as if it was normal.
Don't enter the States, for any reason.
You can't pay me enough to travel to that fascist shithole
I am making the choice to not cross the border at all. If I was required to for some real reason, I would bring one of my old phones SECURELY wiped (as in, writing over all the old bits on the flash storage), with nothing but the absolute essentials installed and NO accounts.
Is it schizo? Not anymore. They're detaining everyone and deporting/disallowing you in the country for ANYTHING now. JD Vance memes will get you banned at this point.
Mark my words the first person who actually does that is going to Florida to live in Alligator Alcatraz.
Easiest: don’t go
Protecting your phone, your privacy and yourself in two simple steps.
Step 1: Stay out of the fascist hellhole. Step 2: Enjoy a cold Canadian beer.
Yep - you couldn't pay me to cross that border. Love my American family and friends, but y'all are fucked right now, and for the foreseeable future.
Edit: missing word
If you think you need to protect your data, why would you go to that country?
Best way block kick: no be there.
I'm curious if anybody knows here since Lemmy is full of privacy and tech whizzes. If someone were to travel for work and had to take their work device and that person worked for the government or other equally classified entity, would the border patrol still be able to review all that? What about like medical records covered under PIPEDA/HIPAA?
The article simply says "yes they can search your electronics" but wouldn't gov classified info be covered more securely under some other law?
I'm not going down there, just a thought that came up reading the article.
I would hope no one crossing the boarder would carry any of that stuff on their devices across the boarder (without a diplomatic pouch or equivalent) any time, I could not say the same about that today. I would hope that any of that important data would be separate and under further encryption, with fail safes to protect it.
When did you see any of them (lately) sticking to any law???
US border patrol gives no shits about most laws and international treaties. Supposedly they are conducting a reasonable search there, so if they unwittingly encounter classified information in the course of that duty, they most they might need to do is report it.
Anecdotally, I have heard cases of some workers bringing a fresh laptop through the border, then re-imaging it with their files after. This is probably what government with classified files, corporate agents holding trade secrets and diplomats with sensitive info need to do.
With the current state of their air traffic controls, I want at least a few months of accident free travel before I even fly through their airspace to go to Mexico.
Fortunately we have a few years before our 10 year anniversary when we plan on going south to celebrate.
Ha, Trump ain’t stepping down I will be surprised if their midterms happen! Even if their midterms happen do you think that will mean anything?
Step one: Don't cross the border.
Step two: Repeat step one.
Or, if you're in US:
Step zero: Cross the border.
Then follow the previous instructions.
If that was how it worked I’d have already left.