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   Attila Kinali (attilakinali@society.oftrolls.com)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 03:39:41 JST Attila Kinali

   We live in interesting times. Friend of mine is a scientist in France. He just got briefing on what to do when traveling to the US. He was told to use an empty, freshly installed laptop with nothing but his presentation on it. Uninstall all messengers and social media. If he has to surrender any of his devices even for a minute, he shall get it checked by the French secret service for back-doors and Trojans.

   I guess I rather stay home than going to a conference in the US.
   #science #usa

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     Antonio Páez 🇲🇽🇨🇦 (paezha@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 23-Mar-2025 02:54:23 JST Antonio Páez 🇲🇽🇨🇦

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     • Jo-chin up, elbows up.

     @attilakinali @JoBlakely

     The recommendations to travel "safely" to the US, in addition to onerous, make you highly suspect:

     - Buy a burner phone
     - Delete your social media accounts
     - Create a fake media account that is bland or praiseworthy of fascism
     - bring a blank laptop with only your presentation
     - Etc.

     Why would anyone risk detention and deportation to Bukele's outsourced concentration camps?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Mar-2025 15:19:13 JST 翠星石

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     @attilakinali What if I told you all devices that run proprietary software from the USA has backdoors built in?