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U.S. customs searched a record number of electronic devices last year— Recently revised directive adds flash drives, smart watches to searchable devices

https://lemmus.org/post/20691863

Mar 8 at 12:15pmWeb
Show threadMultiplexerMar 8
My German company has a travel directive to use clean-slate Laptops and virgin burner phones when going to the US for some time now already.
There are reasons for that…
Show threadSilver NeedleMar 8
Completely understandable, Americans are definitely using these searches for industrial espionage.
Show threadZombieMar 9
Would be even better if your company had a travel directive not to travel to the US.
Show threadMultiplexerMar 9
Would be kinda hard for an international company that has several work locations in the US… ;-)
Show threadRegularJoeMar 8

EFF has an article on this, too. They have links on how to limit ad tracking on iphone and android.

eff.org/…/targeted-advertising-gives-your-locatio…

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.

The online advertising industry has built a massive surveillance machine, and the government can co-opt it to spy on us.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Show threadmikezaneMar 8
Time to take a flash drive, load it up with viruses and start traveling in and out of the United States.
Show threadSleeplessCityLightsMar 8
Just make a zip bomb and brick their PCs. nakedhumans42.zip will need to be inspected.
Show threadNotMyOldRedditNameMar 8
Have it take over the computers camera, take a picture of them, use AI to remove their clothes, do a Nelson HaHa, then brick the computer.
Show threadpankuleczkaplMar 8
USB killer would be a fun thing to bring to the US and have it searched despite your claims that it is not a flash drive
Show threadMultiplexerMar 8
I doubt the fun would last long for you…
Show threadNotMyOldRedditNameMar 8
I wonder how that would go if you explicitly tell them what it is and they did it anyway. Hiding its purpose might cause issues, but telling them and being ignored must be different?
Show threadAceticonMar 9

This shit has been in place and in use since the Patriot Act.

Part of the reason I’ve avoided the US for vacations or even just changing flights since the early 00s - I’ll just go to Canada instead.