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Summary: bring burner devices, tamper-evident bags, and keep your devices empty when crossing borders.

Or even better: don't bring any devices with you, buy a phone at the airport when you land, buy a cheap laptop at an electronics store if you need one. Depending on the phone you plan to buy, you can also bring an hdmi adapter and a bluetooth portable keyboard and plug in your phone to your hotels tv if you need a full desktop.

Then when you leave, make sure to wipe your devices, and leave them in country.

For extra security, rent an EC2 instance (in the region you are traveling to), and use that with an SSH socks proxy or set up VPN software on it.

How do you post vacation photos to social media when you're not logged in?

I read "post vacation photos while on vacation" as "signaling I'm not at home and a good target for burglary". I tend not to tell anybody that I've taken a trip until I've returned home.

Posting vacation photos to social media when you're actually on vacation is a bad idea. You're signaling to people you're not at your residence or job, which is bad security anyway.

Save all the cute pictures to post when you get home.

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