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by smallnamespace 3315 days ago
For this to really work, you need to also prove to a border agent that you can't access it.

In that sense, Travel Mode sort of defeats the purpose -- all the border agent needs to know is that Travel Mode exists, and then ask you to turn it off.
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URSpider94 3315 days ago
There is no sign in the app that you are in Travel Mode. I suppose if you are well and truly targeted and they have a really knowledgeable specialist on-hand, they could know that Travel Mode exists and ask you to disable it. But, I think that's going beyond the boundaries of a border search, which is limited to searching things that you are actually carrying across the border.
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struppi 3315 days ago
"Are you using travel mode?"

"No"

You just lied to someone at border control. Which is an offense.

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davidp 3315 days ago
Yep. Civil disobedience, unsurprisingly, includes breaking the law.
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struppi 3315 days ago
Yes. If you are a US citizen. If you are not, this can mean waiting for the next pane back in handcuffs and being banned from entering the US for life.
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Tepix 3315 days ago
Why go there in the first place? Doesn't sound very appealing.
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sergers 3314 days ago
I live in Canada working in medical/tech industry.

Every vendors main business is in the USA. 95% of our clients are not in Canada.

If I want to avoid the USA, I would have to change industries... Which isn't gonna happen hopefully anytime soon.

I have to goto states 3x times a year and hate the traveling aspect going through customs (I have a trip in a few weeks, already dreading it).. but once I pass through the border, it is rather nice.

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dmingoddd 3315 days ago
To live the American nightmare and be in the land of the caged. lol!
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dmingoddd 3315 days ago
Civil disobedience does not need you to be a citizen of America..
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macintux 3315 days ago
"Are you using travel mode?"

"Yes"

"Disable it"

"I can't. I left my password at home, and the account is tied to an email address I do not have access to."

I suppose they tell you to go home at that point. Such a sad state of affairs.

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jolux 3315 days ago
Yeah, but you have to login to a cloud service to turn it off, which they can't necessarily force you to do supposedly.
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