Love to see any/all the interesting info one can find from the politicians.
I have sadly seen people commenting on similar articles on HN about how they don't ever plan to visit the US over these searches. Even a NASA engineer got searched.
Plus TSA has been known to steal also. I hope private jets become cheaper some day to avoid all this, well there are jet sharing programs. Drive straight to the runway and take off :) I guess if you have a huge company like Google or Apple, a private jet is basically free with all the write offs. Probably boosts productivity without all the waiting in lines.
I'm a US born citizen and I don't even look forward to flying. I haven't yet in my life but do want to fly and travel more someday. Every single day lately there's aways some news story about some major airline messing with people, or some story is talked about back to back on every news program involving the TSA.
Of course, as a fairly unremarkable middle-aged white guy, I didn't get stopped at all.
If I'd fly to the US (unlikely), I'd definitely wipe my phone or leave it at home. But since I'm also 'unremarkable', I'm now wondering if perhaps the chance of getting into trouble is ridiculously small for me, and that perhaps I'm in a bit of a bubble of my own going through all this (pointless) trouble to be 'safe'.
Surprised more app developers are not creating solutions to this kind of thing - e.g. some form of multisig authorisation to access certain files or 2FA that relies on the second factor only being available at times access is genuinely needed.
So technical solutions would simply be to have a backup somewhere, with no trace of the backup software on the device itself. Get to where you're going, go to the website, or download the app, or plug it into another computer, and restore your data from the internet via access codes you have memorized. Or simply travel with a device dedicated for travel, and not your personal goings on.
But obviously, technical solutions don't solve the root poison, which is government destruction of rights and social health in the name of "protecting our rights and society from terrorists".
Also, what's to stop them from asking for your email or other account passwords?
There's no technological solutions to things like this, only political ones.
e.g. I send a partial key to my cousin and grandmother which live in another country. When crossing borders I then logout and cannot log back in without their part of the key. A local judge will not be able to compel someone in another country to cooperate - and my grandmother's local judge will not be able to compel her since the request is being made in another country.
Kind of hokey - but maybe it works?
The problem is that HN-types want to assert cryptographic power over agents of governments, ie I won't show you my files and you can't make me so I win.
