[hn_submit]

What about simply not using a smartphone and accessing your data via internet when you're in the country? You could use Mega (secure file storage) to access your files, for example.

I wonder if border agents could coerce you into giving access to your internet file storage, though.

[Gareth321]

I believe they can. I believe they can even request your social media credentials, despite that being against the ToS for those sites. It's not against the law to refuse, but they can and will reject entry on that basis.

[eru]

That's interesting. I don't even know most of my passwords (thanks to password managers).

[Gareth321]

Don't worry, they can ask for that password too :D

[eru]

Yes, but that one has 2FA, and I might not travel with that second factor on me.

Of course, they won't be amused.

[TeMPOraL]

In other words, 2FA might actively put you in danger. Something to consider before travel and perhaps temporarily lowering your digital security to preserve your physical one.

[inigyou]

Remember that the creator of Mega is getting extradited to the USA - again - a country where he's never been, by the way - for basically this crime (using encryption).

[hn_submit]

Not true. He previously ran a site called MegaUpload which hosted copyright infringing files. This is why he created Mega, which is an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service similar to OneDrive of Google Drive.

Even if Mega users host illegal or copyright infringing contents he can't be convicted for it. In fact, he won't even know about it.

I'm just amazed that not everyone is using it. People don't seem to know about it and they're not advertising it. They probably made a deal with LEA or politicians not to spread the word in exchange for not being extradited.

[inigyou]

But he is still being extradited. I believe he lost his decade long argument of "why the fuck would you extradite me to somewhere I've never set foot for something that isn't actually illegal and where I'd suffer inhumane treatment"

[hn_submit]

His extradition case has been going on for more than two decades IIRC. He'll die of old age before he's ever extradited to the U.S. There are too many legal avenues to stall and thwart the case and the U.S. doesn't see him as important enough to warrant damaging relations with an ally (New Zealand).

[Cider9986]

Yeah this is ideal.

[elephanlemon]

AFAIK in the US their policies do not allow them to access your cloud stored data.