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On one drive into Canada they made me give them my work laptop, my personal iPad and my cell phone along with passwords for each. They held me up for around two hours. It surprised me because I’d gone through multiple times before without them doing that.<br>
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Many programs or apps on your devices that access cloud or work (or other VPN) are based on other things (e.g. Active Directory for Windows, iCloud for Apple, Playstore for Android). Make damn sure that you have separate passwords for cloud/vpn than you do
for just logging into the device. They can make a case for searching your devices but not for logging into remote sites from your devices.
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In fact, it is a good idea to have separate passwords for all your online accounts anyway. The first thing I did on return to the U.S. was reset all my passwords just because of the chance they might decrypt the encrypted file I had on my work laptop. <br>
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They might also check thumb drives or other media if you have them. Canada suspected my keychain flashlight was a thumb drive.<br>
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P.S. Federal courts in the U.S. have ruled against such random searches of electronics for U.S. citizens – U.S. Customs needs a warrant. Other countries may not have such restrictions. Also, if you use a fingerprint to unlock you device, disable that and
use a password instead. U.S. courts have ruled you can’t be compelled to give a password due to the Fifth amendment but can be compelled to do a finger swipe.<br>
IANAL – Just mentioning things I’ve seen in the news.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> Ale <ale-bounces@ale.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott M. Jones via Ale<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 22, 2019 10:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Chris Fowler <cfowler@outpostsentinel.com>; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] OT: Blocking Android app access over wifi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Because of Customs and Border Patrol and an increase in searching mobile devices for purely domestic travel, you may want to consider purchasing a "clean travel phone" and loading only what you need for the trip, assuming you can transfer
your phone service, or if you want to. Remember they can only search what you bring with you, and you would only pack a suitcase with just what you need for a trip and not bring your whole house, so the same logic may apply to your phone.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can buy used or refurbs to save on the second phone.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 5/22/19 10:29 AM, Chris Fowler via Ale wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Not sure if this is really OT since Android = Linux ;)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I'm going on a cruise in a few days and have purchased the maximum data package from the ship. I need to severely limit wifi usage on my Note 8. I see I can block background
from "Mobile Data", but I don't see a wifi option. I see I can restrict certain wifi APs and I'm thinking that my treat them as mobile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I've deleted apps I do not really need. I've block K-9 mail from background on mobile, but I'd like to block it from foreground so that it only syncs when I tell it to. I'll
check its config. I'll delete FaceBook and Messenger. I don't want to delete Dropbox or NextCloud so I need to restrain them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I've installed Google's Datally and it looks promising, but everything it does seems to be for mobile data only. I'd really like to treat wifi with the same level of priority.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Any suggestions from those that may have locked their phone down?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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