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Traveling internationally (question) (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by ramble81@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So I’ll be traveling in such a way that I’ll be crossing the US border. I want to take a burner phone so I can wipe it, or have innocuous enough data. The problem: all my passwords are stored in a password manager that uses 2FA tied to my primary phone which will be sitting at home (along with other sites that use 2FA tied to authenticators on my phone).

So remembering passwords is out. And not having access to 2FA presents a catch-22. So what’s the best way to approach that?

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[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Assuming your 2FA method is TOTP. Back up the 2FA keys to an encrypted file, with a long passphrase. Take it with you (or store it in the cloud, in this situation this is possibly safer). The when you need them just

install a TOTP app
import decrypted keys
login to things. Then when you’re done logout of things and delete the TOTP app.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I like this. Australia has draconian phone search laws when entering, so I might adopt this in the future on principle.

[–] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What happens when you get in? You need to let them access everything ?

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Everything, or indefinite detention without a lawyer.

[–] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

Jesus Christ!

[–] HiroProtagonist@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does everyone's phone get searched or is it still random or profiling?

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Random. I haven't been hit yet, but, it's a matter of time

[–] mac@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Can't access the cloud without my passwords!

Guess I'll be traveling with a handful of USBs with my encrypted totp keys.

Also, my phone has a duress password, anyone know if I could just get away with traveling with my phone as-is and just giving them my duress PW if need be?

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[–] marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Saved.