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by FidelCashflow 3077 days ago
We should resist this by wasting as much time as humanly possible. How about carrying multiple data devices with brute force able encryption for meaningless data? Encrypted linux ISOs, 8051 datasheets, trivial C programs, etc. There's clearly a file structure in place, it's clearly not easily readable, the person who was carrying it will not (or maybe cannot because they genuinely don't know) divulge how to read it. All this just to waste their time and resources dealing with piles of this shit.

Anybody remember that USB stick that kills whatever it's plugged into? I could throw 2-3 of those into my luggage and forget about them.

2 comments

This seems like a good plan if you enjoy sitting in a holding cell for hours or days.
If you have plenty of time sitting around while they work in your stuff and potentially being denied entry for the next few years you should absolutely do this.