[Discuss] Copyright deal could toughen rules governing info on iPods, computers (Vancouver Sun)

[Steven Kurylo]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 2:50 PM, John Blomfield <jabfield at shaw.ca> wrote:
> I would be interested to know what the reaction of boarder guards would be
> to a Linux laptop heavily password protected and the /home folder data
> encrypted?  Would the laptop just be confiscated if the passwords were not
> given?  It would take quite a bit of technical knowledge to uncover some
> very simple methods of hiding data e.g. an unmounted partition, an encrypted
> file buried in a systems folder.  For someone to spend the time to find such
> data, there would need to be some other reason for suspicion.

They'd probably throw you in jail if you didn't let them log in.   We
don't know what powers the law will give them.

You can put an encrypted volume in an encrypted volume.  So you give
them key A, and they see some basic normal stuff.  Your personal data
you hide with key B, they'll never know its there.

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Steven Kurylo