Hi August,

On 2020-01-08 03:07:01, you wrote to All:

 AA> Since border officers "may only examine what is stored within a
 AA> device, which includes, for example, photos, files, downloaded e-mails
 AA> and other media" [citation https://tinyurl.com/yeaxwn6o], would you
 AA> have to allow encrytped data to be revealed?

 AA> According to Border Security (a reality TV series that features Canada
 AA> Border Services officers going about their day-to-day duties) they
 AA> usually take the device away from you (after they request it to be
 AA> unlocked) and walk off with it to separate location to examine the
 AA> contents leaving you waiting outside.

 AA> Seems to me that at that point you have cooperated fully.

 AA> It seems to me that if your email/content were encrypted, then they
 AA> cannot compel you to unlock each and every item inside.  I can't imagine
 AA> unlocking every pgp'd email.  I fail too many times mistyping the
 AA> passphrase on a tiny screen.

 AA> For example, they examine your device, and find some messages that all
 AA> begin with the pgp armour tag. At that point they *have* examined the
 AA> content. Your encrypted data is safe.

 AA> Thoughts?

I would avoid the situation, if I had anything to hide. Don't take your device
through the border, or don't put anything encrypted on it. Put what you need
somewhere in the cloud, that's not directly accesible from your device...

Being right, doesn't help you if you are being held for severall hours and you
miss apointments because of that untill they acknowledge you are in your
right...

Bye, Wilfred.

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