evacideIf you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: https://www.eff.org/document/eff-border-search-pocket-guide
Cali@evacide nice
Koen ๐บ๐ฆ@evacide the only correct way to cross the US border is to exit this fascist cuntry
T2R@evacide Fuck ICE. They will never get my passwords and can just SUCK IT. I will take a burner phone with me. Like an old school flip phone. Calls only no internet.
Cullen Thomas@evacide Bless you.
GrumpyDad ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ@evacide Or better yet reconsider going
Colin from Edinburgh.@evacide
Gone for good.
Gone for good.
EndicottRoad59@evacide How would they know if someone was critical of their administration?
Kalle Kniivilรค@EndicottAuthor @evacide Quite easily, especially as most sane people would be.
Orca ๐ป | ๐ | ๐ช | ๐ด๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ@EndicottAuthor @evacide
Besides border searching, they have been monitoring social media sites, so if anyone's using their real name there...
https://www.404media.co/the-200-sites-an-ice-surveillance-contractor-is-monitoring/
Besides border searching, they have been monitoring social media sites, so if anyone's using their real name there...
https://www.404media.co/the-200-sites-an-ice-surveillance-contractor-is-monitoring/
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.
@EndicottAuthor @evacide
No idea. Who knows what the f facebook bans people for, the way facebook bans accounts always seems very random to me...
No idea. Who knows what the f facebook bans people for, the way facebook bans accounts always seems very random to me...
Clep-Karb @ Home ๐ By taking your digital device and searching through messages, emails, phone calls, images and social media.
n00qAs a Canadian citizen who has been searched many times crossing into the USA I would strongly recommend that no one print this and carry it with them while crossing the border. Having such a thing on you will very likely escalate a routine search.
The advice in the guide is good, but the suggestion to "carry it in your pocket while travelling", implying you have it while crossing into the USA is really bad advice for anyone who is not a US citizen (and maybe for them too).
Roseanna Cunningham ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐@evacide alternatively, ditch your plans entirely & stay out of the USA - whoever you are
Oberst Enzian@evacide What Iโm getting from this is you should propose to be harassed and all you can do is grin and hope they use lube during the body cavity search. An alternative, despite it sounding like hyperbole, would be to find and use ways to enter and leave the US illegally. Leaving and entering legally means interacting with assholes. Probably not a method we can discuss here safely, though.
Gary Houston@evacide some people will find out the hard way:
"French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained
Semp@evacide hi, random question but what mastodon client would you recommend, on android preferably?
@Semp tusky
Cy@evacide Nope, I'll stay right here thanks.
CodieneC@evacide Best not to even bother going to the USA, it isn't worth it
Kevin RussellAnd don't visit the US
Darren
Serge Droz@evacide I'm not sure having the device powered down is a good idea. I was forced several times to open a laptop to show it's indeed a laptop. And when it'' locked, with a good password, I think high tech attacks would be very hard.
Also you blend in less with a laptop or phone off
@sergedroz @evacide
Powering it off clears all kinds of sensitive information stored in your computer memory (like disk encryption key if you have it, all modern phone have disk encryption ^1 enabled by default), making it hard for anyone to extract your data.
Electronics forensics for Before First Unlock ^2 (before the device is unlocked for the first time, including powered off and phones powered on but not unlocked yet) and After First Unlock devices have very different difficulties.
^1 For Android it's file-based encryption for most morden Android devices, to be precise, iOS I'm not sure but there's definitely some data-at-rest encryption.
^2 For iOS devices repeatedly click power button 5 times put a device into BFU mode. Android can only reboot or power-off to achieve the same effect.
Powering it off clears all kinds of sensitive information stored in your computer memory (like disk encryption key if you have it, all modern phone have disk encryption ^1 enabled by default), making it hard for anyone to extract your data.
Electronics forensics for Before First Unlock ^2 (before the device is unlocked for the first time, including powered off and phones powered on but not unlocked yet) and After First Unlock devices have very different difficulties.
^1 For Android it's file-based encryption for most morden Android devices, to be precise, iOS I'm not sure but there's definitely some data-at-rest encryption.
^2 For iOS devices repeatedly click power button 5 times put a device into BFU mode. Android can only reboot or power-off to achieve the same effect.
Comrade elronxenu@evacide No, if $WORK wants me to go, I'll be "No, they should come here."
@evacide thank you for this! Although I appreciate a neat guide, it also doesnโt help much, especially for foreign visitors. If they ask anything, I have to provide, otherwise theyโll suspect and deny my entry
petersuber@evacide
It seems to be be 8 years old. Is there a newer version that takes recent developments into account?
It seems to be be 8 years old. Is there a newer version that takes recent developments into account?
CHZK@evacide I like how this guide basically just states: If you want to make sure that your devices are not taken away from you, while you're being arrested at the border, do not travel to the U.S.
And that is solid advice - don't!
(This isn't a Trump thing either, these laws have been in effect for decades at this point)
Eloy.@evacide moving data to the cloud does not seem like particular good advice if the US gov is your threat here
Serge from BabkaThe irony is that Canadian CBP has far more power than the US, and yet you don't hear about it because they are overall far more reasonable and respectful.