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Travelling to the US - precautions? (lemmy.nine-hells.net)

submitted 8 months ago by falcon15500@lemmy.nine-hells.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hi all,

I am travelling soon to the US, for my vocation and as a long-time private person I will be taking some steps to maintain my privacy as I enter the country.

As this is an interesting area of the topic, I have decided to throw the question open to all of you.

What precautions (IT, physical, mental, otherwise) do you undertake when travelling internationally?

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[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

A lot of the comments here are straight up nuts. Do what you do at home. If that's a VPN, go for it. If you rawdog it, whatevs.

Https is on almost everything at this point, so just be smart like normal.

I doubt anyone cares enough to bug you that much.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You weren't kidding, holy shit. Like, I understand wanting to make sure that your privacy is protected at all costs, but at the same time some of these suggestions sound straight up tinfoil hat.

The US is not some fucked up dystopian police state where everyone is "out to get" the next person they see on the street (but I'll wholeheartedly agree that some parts are absolute shit). No, there aren't cities where if you blink all your shit's gonna be stolen (parts of some, sure). In fact, most people will actually actively try to lend a hand, the worst that might happen is a total stranger ignores you when it's obvious you may need help with something.

Idk, as an American who's travelled the US quite a bit, I guess it kinda pisses me off when I see generalizing statements like those. Just like it would literally anyone else.

Edit: if you're truly worried, why not just stay home or something?

[–] kylian0087@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

What you can do is setup a VPN to your home at least. From their it is the same as you always would.