US born NASA scientist forced to give PIN for smart phone at border

[dead0man]

link-the verge

You must be logged in to read this quote.

[Sir Mohamed]

Probably America’s first orange president has issued a decree to keep scientists out since they are spreading fake news, such as that climate change is real.


@realdonaldtrump
Can’t allow fake news spreading scientists to pour in. Country must and WILL be kept safe from lies. Scientists are pathetic loseres and biased towards me. Bad!

[DavidB.]

That's nuts.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Note to self: Change password to " Trump" before traveling

Change it to "deathtotrump" for a free trip to Guantanamo!

[Crumpets]

This is not okay.

[Wiz in Wis]

racial/religious emnity combined with unclear procedures, lack of or bad management, and bureaucratic failure. Honestly, this administration barely deserves to be called one.

[Xing]

but muh national security

[Middle-aged Europe]

Damn NASA. Have you ever noticed how "NASA" and "ISIS" contain exactly the same number of letters with two of them being identical vowels in each case?

Coincidence? Breitbart should investigate.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

The scary thing is that there's an entire swath of voters in this country who are more than happy this is happening.

[Hindsight was 2020]

The scary thing is that there's an entire swath of voters in this country who are more than happy this is happening.

But muh economic anxiety

[kyc0705]

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly said that American scientists would be welcome to relocate to France should he be elected, and I imagine that it’s looking like a solid offer to more than a few of them.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Good thing my password is 1776 Viva New America!

[pbrower2a]

I saw as study of password security, and as a general pattern certain names and numbers were easy to crack. With words -- names of pop stars, classical composers, musical instruments, renowned artists and writers, great figures of science, high-profile politicians, state names, national names, colleges, and sports teams were poor choices. So were names of animals.

So if you went to Harvard, you are probably smart enough to not use "HARVARD" as a password.

Are you a fan of the Brady Bunch and recall the name of their TV dog "Tiger"? "Tiger" is a horrible password, and so is the plural. Whether your favorite shortstop of all time is Ernie Banks, Cal Ripken (Jr.), or Derek Jeter -- the surname is a problem as a password.

PIN codes? Four numbers are easy to remember, but anything suggesting your street address, your birth year, the year of your graduation, or marriage is a grave error. I'm not going to suggest numbers to suggest obvious combinations for IRS agents, optometrists, or geometry teachers... but for some people that I thoroughly despise (neo-Nazi scum) a likely PIN is


1889

-- the birth-year of Satan Incarnate.

"1776" is a really-poor PIN.  

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

So I guess Americans are better off just not leaving the country over the next four years if they intend on getting back in.  Awesome.

Does the CPB actually have the authority to demand your PIN or access your devices without a warrant or probable cause?

[Seneca]

Encrypt your phones, people.