Midnight Wolf

I said nothing about potentially holding your device - reread the comment you replied to - but they cannot use that as the reason to deny citizens reentry. We can have a discussion about if the administration is following the rules of law, but by law, border agents cannot deny you for this reason.

So hostile, for no reason. Channel that anger into something constructive, yeah?

Also lol if you think anyone here thinks we are in anything close to a utopia, you should switch careers to comedy :p

Straight from the ACLU:

Do I have to provide my laptop passwords or unlock my mobile phone for law enforcement officers at the border?

Customs officers have sometimes asked travelers to provide their laptop passwords or unlock their mobile phones when they are entering or leaving the United States. Your legal status in the country may inform what you decide to do if you’re asked for a password to unlock your device. U.S. citizens cannot be denied entry to the United States for refusing to provide passwords or unlocking devices. Refusal to do so might lead to delay, additional questioning, and/or officers seizing your device for further inspection. The same should be true for those who have previously been admitted to the U.S. as lawful permanent residents and have maintained their status — their green cards can’t be revoked without a hearing before an immigration judge. […]

The reason why you have ‘heard this idea’ is because it’s true :P

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-encountering-law-enforcement-airports-and-other-ports-entry-us?hl=en-US#do-i-have-to-provide-my-laptop-passwords-or-unlock-my-mobile-phone-for-law-enforcement-officers-at-the-border

*regarding paragraph 1+4: this is true for travelers visiting the US (which is what the article is aimed at but, for clarity), but not returning citizens. They can hold the device, but have to fold and let citizens re-enter.

Also, an alternative to not carrying your device is to just wipe it before boarding/reaching your port of entry. Let them pretend to be Hollywood csi detectives and image a freshly-wiped phone. Then restore from a backup later.

you Americans

so you aren’t American yourself, but you think you know our situation better than us? interesting logic there…

ClamAV, if you want more than just common sense. Firewall is built-in to kubu.

Running an EoL operating system is surely what you want to do with your personal dat-

Aaaaaaand it’s been compromised

Disagree - I’ve done it, it is easy and straightforward, but anyone who hasn’t installed an OS on bare metal and used a certain tool that you can get from Github to activate MS products, isn’t going to explain the process as “super easy”. More like “a mother-fucking pain in the ass” and “why did you suggest this” and “what the fuck is an iso”.

This is definitely “I’ll swing by this month and install it” territory, not “here’s a guide, ez pz” for anyone older than 40 who didn’t major in CS.

“you can pay us, and we won’t break your legs for a while longer” -ms

W10 IoT is a thing, and will get updates for a few more years, no mafia shakedown required.

I have used NextDNS for my entire network, with different profiles for different devices, and setup to work away from home, for… 4 years now? At least 3. I pay for the premium plan but the only difference is the number of queries you can have (and thereby filter). One device can definitely stay below the free threshold.

I looked at AG when researching but didn’t like the offering for some reason, don’t recall what exactly. When I went from testing to full use I had to get the paid tier as we use checks 3,848,010 queries in the last rolling 30d. Free limits you to 300k/30d.

I’m unaware of the options for AG, but ND is really nice. And the multiple profile system is 👌. Dial in the settings for devices/users to keep my network, and therefore their devices, as safe as I can, punching holes as needed only for that device/user.

(I’m also the type of person you talk about - I use two layers of DNS filtering (router, then ND), use snort on the router, I run GrapheneOS, all my cloud data is on-prem with hardware I own, my main server uses encryption at rest for almost all data, and off-site backups are encrypted in transit and with seperate keys at rest… :p)

Smh need to broaden your horizons, granny has some wild tricks that’ll make you cum out of your ears