alt Hacker NewsIt's wild, I have worked internationally for a long-time and the rule when going to certain countries was bring a burner device. Going to China essentially meant the device was nuked on return to the States, now it is the same feeling to/from the US.
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The list of countries where you need a burner phone will likely grow longer. Canada, Australia, UK, some developing countries, etc...
Someone should make an app to offload all your data to a personal cloud before going to the airport and then reload it into the phone after going through customs
This is cray.
Protections at the U.S. border and within the U.S. are actually pretty good. Much of Europe isn't as good. Hell, the British will throw you in jail for refusing to unlock.
Going to China means your devices are owned when the plane touches down if not before. That’s why you bring a burner device (including laptop and anything else), never log into anything, and throw it in the trash when you leave.
Had the same guidance for many years for visiting the US given by the large US firm that employed me
For GDPR reasons alone it's probably not a good idea to take a business phone across certain borders. You run the risk of disclosing customer data to a 3rd party, if only because the customer data in your phone book counts as PII.
So long as only a few countries are doing this, it might seems doable. If everyone starts doing it, international travel becomes rather annoying to say the least. Realistically I think at some point a detente might want to be reached, with everyone agreeing not to search everyone else's electronics.
China installs malware to spy on you. The US doesn't do this. Totally different situation.
This also happens in many other countries
That's exactly what European governments and corporations will have to start doing. Adding the US to the same list as Russia, China, Israel, Iran etc.