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Vincent Canfield
vc.gg · Personal blog · on HN since 2016
Vincent Canfield, creator of the cock.li email service, writes about privacy, border device seizures, legal fights, and security.
What HN saysHN commenters link his post about US Customs seizing his electronics in threads on border searches and passcode demands.
15HN people shared it
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What HN people wrote when they linked it
gexcolo · 2017-03-01
Location: U.S. citizen living in Bucharest, Romania
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: If not in U.S.
Technologies: Linux (openvpn, postfix/dovecot/spamassassin, mysql, nginx), devops/automation (ansible, capistrano), security (burp, snort, nmap), Python, PHP, Bash
(many many more not listed here)
Résumé/CV: https://vc.gg/ (autoplay video), real resume by request
Email: [email protected]
I'm an experienced linux system administrator currently employed for a U.S. company. In my spare time I run a public E-mail provider with 132,000 users, and a VPS provider with >$1K MRR. I'm interested in positions in the security or sysadmin space, with bonus points for companies providing services that respect users' privacy, or provide a tangibly beneficial product or service as part of their business model. I'm also open to development work but only as an aside. Sysadmin first, programmer second. A sense of humor is required as my side projects aren't exactly politically correct, though I keep work and my personal ventures completely separate.
Due to my work providing privacy-oriented services, I recently had $2,000 worth of electronics seized at the U.S. border because I refused to decrypt my electronic devices. Because of this, relocating to the U.S. is not an option.
dependenttypes · 2020-02-11
Ruby Ridge and Waco siege happened only in the 90s as well. Currently we have killer drones assassinating people without trial, CBP ignoring policies (https://vc.gg/blog/so-its-been-a-while.html), sending agents to scare activists (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6946909), and police blowing up houses of innocents and refusing to compensate them (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21399770).
AnaniasAnanas · 2019-04-03
Something relevant from the creator of cock.li https://vc.gg/blog/so-its-been-a-while.html
ctrl_freak · 2017-01-30
US CBP definitely can ask for your passcode/passwords. There was a post on HN last week about a guy who refused to turn over his passcode: https://vc.gg/blog/so-its-been-a-while.html