Re: [tlug] government getting ready to inspect your iPod, laptop without warrant

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

2008/5/30 scott <scott@example.com>:

> So preemptively how about multiboot systems that don't display the
> choices during boot?

Good idea.

> There must be some grub hack where you can press
> <ctl><alt><F8> or something during the boot to give you an alternative
> OS.

Dunno, but you could always have grub timeout on 1 and autoboot the
first OS right before you travel. You know how to stop grub, I doubt a
customs official would. Especially if you name your real boot option
"safe mode" or some such.

> Of course, I'm just being
> paranoid and overly concerned (hey if you haven't done anything wrong
> you shouldn't worry, right?!?)

No you're not...

> but as a recovering Catholic who is
> inherently aghast at the state of our "security" state, I don't want
> anyone logging into anything that I own because it just is not right. It
> isn't their place to be reading my personal stuff, period.

Exactly!

> Free software, free thinking, free minds!

Or, in the words of my friend Zach:

while (1) {
    print "FUCK YOU, I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!\n";
}

-- 
Cheers,
Josh