lundi 20 février 2017
Do you need to take with you your mobile phone and electronic devices when traveling abroad?
This question sought Quincy Larson specialist in programming and phones Affairs to answer for on specialized codes.
Larson and alerted to the seriousness of penetration of mobile phones and can be used to obtain personal information about the owner.
He spoke Larsson Syed Bakanavar an engineer at the US space agency, NASA, has traveled to Chile a month ago, and when he returned to his country was arrested at Houston airport, after intense pressure, as he handed authorities password to log in to his mobile phone, although it received a formal device from NASA.
Despite all his Bakanavar security men, but he was detained for half an hour before being released.
Larson says, "The very gravely missed in the history of personal security and the protection of information of this event," as he warns of the occurrence of all the secrets of the digital life of any person in the grip of security once arrested at the airport and forced to hand over his phone and password.
"We are aware at the same time a speech the US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly asked about the possibility of smart phones and devices and the password of the applicants for a visa to enter the country so that the ministry be able to access their accounts on social networking sites and find out their approach."
Last Thursday, one of the members of Congress from the Republican Party announced on his Twitter account that "proud" its lead first bill calling for a review of the social networking sites accounts for applicants to obtain a visa to enter America.
Larsson is expected that there are measures will become commonplace when traveling in the coming period, not only to the United States but to all countries of the world, including the security of the traveler will be required to connect the phone to one of the computers loaded phone content on a computer to a security review.
Therefore Larsson travelers are advised not to take out their smart phones or personal computers and hire for a limited period of phone upon arrival.
"Of course, I personally and many like me, consider this advice too extreme, because I can not imagine moving away from a telephone on the plane so I asked for advice from the British Foreign Office, as well as from the US embassy in London."
And the two went to the following question: "Is it possible that the security authorities force me when I arrived at the airport to do the entry to these personal my calculations on the social networking sites or disclose my account and password?"
British Foreign Office has confirmed that this point was not included in the list of their advice, since they have not received complaints about them but if happened and I found myself stuck in a US airport with the security man asked me the password to my calculations I contact the embassy immediately and contact a lawyer as well.
As for the US embassy after their communicative asked for my phone number, and they said they will call Washington and query command, and then call me to tell me the result, I did not receive them any contact, but two days later they said in a joint statement: "All electronic devices including mobile phones and gaming electronics under the authority of surveillance by security agents at airports and US border for the purpose of enhancing the security of the United States and the security of its citizens. "