Protecting your data while traveling

[Guest abang1961]

Today I would like to recommend a new toy.

No it is not related to sex.

 

It is the On the go (OTG) thumbdrive.  They come in various storage capacity.  I use the 64 GB to store my gay porn and travel photos.  The micro USB connector is connected to the phone just like you you plug in for charging the phone. There is another version where one end is the the micro USB connector and the other end is a normal USB (female).  This way, any other brand and type of thumb drive or hard disk or even, keyboard can be connected.

 

To make things more pleasurable than to watch a small screen, simply get a MHL cable to connect it to the TV.

 

 

[abidismaili]

I don't understand the worry. As long as you do nothing illegal, who cares if a government official can see your Twitter, Facebook, photo album. I rather keep this private data hidden from family, friends and collegues. But an anonymous border official who wants to have a look: I do not care. 

 

In my last trip I had a bag of condoms in my carry on luggage, about 40 condoms where in it and the bag was transparent, so the content could be seen. The border offical who checked my bag saw it. I didn't care at all. However, I would have cared if a collegue had seen it. Because you know what will happen, you will be the core of some gossip for the foreseable future. So I only care for my privacy when it concerns people I know. 

 

So why do your guys log out of social media accounts when travelling? Why care? These government officials check hundreds of phones each day; they won't remember you and what was on it.

 

Same with my bank balance. I don't care if anonymous people see it who do not know me and I don't know them. I do care if friends can see it. For them it feels private.

[abidismaili]

4) Having had my iPhone pickpocketted in Thailand last trip I will be using a cheap travel phone in future. Though I managed to erase it remotely once they powered it on, it was still worrying for a while.

 

 

But a thief can't do anything with a stolen iphone (provided you have it protected with a pin code). You can set the device to erase it self after x failed pin code attempts. If a thief wants to reset your iphone he has to type your apple id password. It really is pointless to steal an iphone. (At least that is my understanding.)

[forky123]

Do you somehow think a pickpocket goes into your pockets, steals a phone, realises it's an iPhone, checks if security is enabled, puts it back in the pocket if she can't use it?

[abidismaili]

Do you somehow think a pickpocket goes into your pockets, steals a phone, realises it's an iPhone, checks if security is enabled, puts it back in the pocket if she can't use it?

 

Good point. Not in that scenario indeed. But a thief who deliberately wants to steal an iphone: it really is pointless. 

[reader]

From National Public Radio

 

The House of Representatives has gone along with the Senate and voted 215-205 to overturn a yet-to-take-effect regulation that would have required Internet service providers — like Comcast, Verizon and Charter — to get consumers' permission before selling their data.

 

President Trump is expected to sign the rollback,according to a White House statement.

 

The measure is a victory for the ISPs, which have argued that the regulation would put them at a disadvantage compared with so-called edge providers, like Google and Facebook. Those companies are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission and face less stringent requirements. Congress' approval is a loss for privacy advocates, who fought for the regulation, passed in October of last year by the then-Democratic majority on the Federal Communications Commission.

 

ISPs collect huge amounts of data on the websites people visit, including medical, financial and other personal information. The FCC regulation would have required ISPs to ask permission before selling that information to advertisers and others, a so-called opt-in provision.

 

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/28/521831393/congress-overturns-internet-privacy-regulation

[forky123]

I'm all for crowd-funding to purchase the browse and search histories for all members of congress and the senate so it can be posted online.

[reader]

The following article makes reference to the legislative action by the US House of Representatives described in post #31. The author reviews ways users affected may wish to consider. It covers virtual private networks (VPN), browser extensions that block third-party tracking tools on websites and  more.

 

From Popular Science magazine

The government won't protect your internet privacy, so here's how to do it yourself

http://www.popsci.com/how-to-protect-online-privacy-vpn#page-6

[reader]

From NY Times

Facebook Announces New Ways to Prevent ‘Revenge Porn’

 

The relationship may have faded long ago, but the intimate images you shared have not. If you’re lucky, your ex deleted them. If you’re not, the photos have sprouted up online.

 

Victims of such nonconsensual posts, often referred to as “revenge porn,” now have some help in preventing their spread: On Wednesday, Facebook  announced new artificial intelligence tools designed to keep such content, once flagged, off its site for good.

 

“It’s wrong, it’s hurtful, and if you report it to us, we will now use A.I. and image recognition to prevent it from being shared across all of our platforms,” Mark Zuckerberg, the social network’s founder and chief executive, said in a Facebook post. 

 

The tools announced on Wednesday are intended to address a uniquely modern and pernicious form of harassment, often but not exclusively aimed at women, that has attracted increasing attention.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/us/facebook-revenge-porn.html

[ChristianPFC]

 

we will now use A.I. and image recognition

 

Read between the lines: they won't pay someone to check such reports, rather use some probably poor program that arbitrarily deletes images with too much skin.

[Guest ryanasia]

There is another thread on this that is quite lengthy. That being said don't store your data locally on your device and do not acknowledge having any web based account anywhere. If you say you have Facebook it is an opportunity for them to ask for your password. Do not give them any information about what websites you may or may not use as they have no reasonable right to question you about it in the first place. 

 

I would generally delete anything like FB from my phone and the apps I use. That might be extreme but at least make sure you are signed out of all accounts. My travel pattern goes something like this these days. A. click the button back up and restore. B. once I have arrived click the button restore from back up.

[steveboy]

There is another thread on this that is quite lengthy. That being said don't store your data locally on your device and do not acknowledge having any web based account anywhere. If you say you have Facebook it is an opportunity for them to ask for your password. Do not give them any information about what websites you may or may not use as they have no reasonable right to question you about it in the first place. 

 

I would generally delete anything like FB from my phone and the apps I use. That might be extreme but at least make sure you are signed out of all accounts. My travel pattern goes something like this these days. A. click the button back up and restore. B. once I have arrived click the button restore from back up.

 

This makes sense.  There are plenty of accounts that can be anonymous, like email accounts, forums like this one, accounts to store in a cloud.  One can have encrypted files with arbitrary names in arbitrary folders. And application programs, apps, can be deleted and reinstalled at will.  Intercontinental travel involves many hours spent idle, so what does it matter to spend a little time on these precautions?  It can even be fun...

[Guest ryanasia]

Well it is a simple way to protect your privacy. People ask what I am hiding? Do you think I want threads like this on my phone? Erase and restore it takes around 2 minutes. I don't want to be asked why I am helping foreigners evade customs on an online site that has risque pictures that are not verified.

 

An empty computer let's you comply and negates reasonable cause.