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mshtoday at 9:50 AM3 repliesview on HN

I dont understand why people like a journalist working on things they dont want seized would carry this kind of data on their device at a situation like this (border crossing), I see it as more useful to remove that kind of data from the device first.


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dugite-codetoday at 10:31 AM

Probably because everything seems to be an "app" these days. Even when it has no business being one.

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xnickbtoday at 11:57 AM

So delete messengers, email apps and other comms?

Delete the contact book? Clear calendars?

Where exactly should one stop?

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choo-ttoday at 10:30 AM

Because you may need the data in the data during/after your travel and lack clean way to access safely, securely and anonymously remotely.

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