[Cialug] The Paranoid Foreign Traveler (WAS: OT: Macbook for sale)

Barry Von Ahsen barry at vonahsen.com
Wed Dec 16 10:24:45 CST 2009


microsd plus spy coins?

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/b308/

of course, I'd think a 50 cent piece is suspicious, but better than 
carrying flash drives in ${orifice}

-barry



Jeff Chapin wrote:
> Perhaps combine what we have discussed?
> 
> A second, encrypted partition on a flash card that contains your important,
> super-secret files. When crossing customs, just slap the card into a camera,
> and take a few pictures to camoflage?
> 
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:10 AM, kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Dave Hala Jr <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>>> I thought the point was to get through the security checks without being
>>> "detained"...
>> You may get in without being detained by carrying in a blank laptop
>> then practicing "cloud" computing, but you also need to get out again.
>> If they've monitored your traffic and deem our activities "suspicious"
>> in any way, they may still decide to detain you while you are still in
>> the country or as you are trying to leave.
>>
>> (yes, I'm playing a bit of Devil's Advocate here)
>>
>> --
>> Tired programmer
>> Coding late into the night
>> The core dump follows
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