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by antman 29 days ago
Had the same guidance for many years for visiting the US given by the large US firm that employed me
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I heard that soon after the extent of NSA's domestic surveillance programs were revealed to the public, at least one FAANG changed its US border-crossing policy to those used for countries known to tamper with your computers during border crossings. That is, bring a blank computer that you connect to the corporate VPN and load after you arrive at work on the far side of your trip, let IT wipe that computer before you travel back to the US (or just leave it behind), and assume that computer is compromised if it leaves your sight at a checkpoint for longer than it takes to run it through the x-ray scanner.

So, yeah, savvy companies have had these policies for like twenty years now.