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nfotiu · 03-05-2015, 09:20 AM

I thought in these cases the border guards usually asked the person to enter the password, not for the password itself. I wonder if that really happened, as that seems rather violating to give a password. For a PC, that could give access to networks, etc. I work for an organization that has very sensitive data, and our policy is to enter the password if asked, but treat it as the device is compromised, and they will wipe it and restore it. We don't have a policy for giving them our password.

03-05-2015, 09:20 AM	#2
nfotiu Franchise Player Join Date: May 2002 Location: Virginia Exp:	I thought in these cases the border guards usually asked the person to enter the password, not for the password itself. I wonder if that really happened, as that seems rather violating to give a password. For a PC, that could give access to networks, etc. I work for an organization that has very sensitive data, and our policy is to enter the password if asked, but treat it as the device is compromised, and they will wipe it and restore it. We don't have a policy for giving them our password.