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Old Feb 16, 2017, 7:33 pm
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Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
I leave my personal iPhone at home and bring an unlocked GSM flip phone. I use a local prepaid SIM card for calling home. Like the NASA guy, I also travel with USG-supplied IT equipment. Everything except the operating system and Microsoft Office is in our encrypted cloud. I asked the question of our CIO the other day and they told us to not divulge passwords to our government IT. Instead, we were told to call the general counsel's office from the airport and seek advice.
Your CIO is an idiot. The chances of your being allowed to make a phone call when detained at a port of entry are effectively zero.
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