New Zealand joins the list of places your digital life can be searched ...

[rslade]

Yet one more place that they can demand to search your phones, laptops, and other devices, and require that you provide a password for access.

[CraginS]

New Zealand has a thriving tourist industry. I wonder if this new law will impact the numbers there.

Is it possible to buy a short-term phone or pre-paid phone in NZ? If so, I think the optimum mode of travelling to NZ will be to bring a bare, Powerwashed (taken back to default as-delivered state with no associated accounts or files) Chromebook in and buy a pre-paid phone while there. Powerwash the Chromebook again and ditch the phone when you leave the country. Cross the border in both directions digitally sanitized.

[rslade]

> CraginS (Contributor II) posted a new reply in Industry News on 10-03-2018 06:05

> New Zealand has a thriving tourist industry. I wonder if this new
> law will impact the numbers there. Is it possible to buy a short-term phone or
> pre-paid phone in NZ? If so, I think the optimum mode of travelling to NZ will
> be to bring a bare, Powerwashed (taken back to default as-delivered state with
> no associated accounts or files) Chromebook in and buy a pre-paid phone while
> there. Powerwash the Chromebook again and ditch the phone when you leave the
> country. Cross the border in both directions digitally sanitized.

Of course, if you are going on vacation you shouldn't be taking your laptop
anyway ...

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