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> We need a ‘trip mode' for social media sites that reduces our contact list and history to a minimal subset of what the site normally offers. Not only would such a feature protect people forced to give their passwords at the border, but it would mitigate the many additional threats to privacy they face when they use their social media accounts away from home.

Border security officer: I see you have trip mode on. Turn it off, and give us the phone, or you're not getting into the country.

Reminds me a little of this: https://xkcd.com/538/



Please read the entire post.


I understand, but their default response for "You've done something to hide information from us" isn't going to be "Oh well, we tried. On your way!"


Exactly. They'll just take you to a computer they control and make you login there. Or there'll be a law that requires an override authority.


Yeah, they will send you back where you came from and you will be fucked for life.


If you're referring to a configurable duration: setting an expiration doesn't work either. They'll just detain you for that length of time.


A week? 2? I don't think technology changes are the right approach here, but you wouldn't be setting travel mode for a duration equal to transit time through an airport.




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