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 Message 456 
 August Abolins to All 
 pgp at border/airport 
 08 Jan 20 03:07:01 
 
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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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