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Re: Password Protecting GPG Keys



On 2014-06-17 05:45, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Christian Kastner:
>> While that is sadly true, AFAIK all those legislations still require at
>> least good cause, but more usually a court order, to do so.
>>
> You have no legal protection whatsoever on the "international" side of many
> countries' airports (sea ports, too, for that matter).
> If a customs person tells you to either hand over your crypto keys or go
> back home, you get to do exactly that.

But, as you say, I do have a choice, and it's *my* decision to make. And
I can think of numerous scenarios where the flight back would be the
lesser of the two evils.

Without encryption, I don't have that choice.

Christian



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