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

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

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

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

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

Thoughts?

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Hi August,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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