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Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
All smartphones and laptops are basically IEDs due to lithium ion batteries and shouldn't be allowed on the plane.

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Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Caganer posted:

yeah but now only the bad guys have IEDs. the only thing that can stop a bad guy with an IED is a good guy with an IED

I bet 9/11 wouldn't have happened if passengers just threw their Nokias at bad guys.

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Lmao this is the most internet tough guy thing I've read recently. loving actors.

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
Unless you're using some very non standard equipment (like some kinda hardware level locks on storage if they even exist in a meaningful way), once someone has physical access to your device, it takes almost no effort to clone the hard drive. You could encrypt it, yeah, but you're probably better off not taking anything with a wealth of personal data overseas :shrug:

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Caganer posted:

calm down chuck. all they can do is make a bunch of images to get around the "10 tries then it wipes" limit. from there it's all brute force. if you have a good password they're hosed

I really don't think NSA relies on brute force approach to most common encryption methods. There are likely backdoors to some, and tricks to others. Most people don't bother with super complicated passwords so basic rainbow tables might even do the trick.

Then again, most people don't password protect poo poo either so :shrug:

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
TSA should be abolished tbh. It's meaningless security theatre that misses any dangerous substances or weapons 90% of the time and exists solely to sexually molest travelers.

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Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Ardemia posted:

But did it make a frightened train station customs worker unpack every item from your backpack and swab for explosives?

In an event of a dildo, the airline will never refer to it as "Your dildo".

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