Europe-Trumpistan science war erupting in Houston airport
@bruces This is the problem with things like iCloud backups: even if you factory reset your phone, if you're made to give the nice officers access to it, they can restore whatever they want. Best thing is to delete all cloud backups, back it up to a computer you control instead, wipe it and do the "new phone" initialization before coming to the US. It'll still work as a phone, for browsing the web, etc. Restore it when you get home.
@juniyonul @bruces
I wasn't suggesting bringing a computer, let alone the one you backed it up to.
@juniyonul @bruces
I don't keep much work on my laptop; it's basically a thin client for office servers, VMs, remote desktops, etc. If it's possible to do your work/presentation via a network tunnel or VPN, probably best to do that. Perhaps not even bring a computer, ask them to make one available to you.
@pieist @juniyonul @bruces It’s even easier to NOT GO to the USA.
@neurologo @juniyonul @bruces
It depends what you mean by "easier". You may not understand the position that some professionals and academics are in.. The US has only been an autocracy for three months, and people, companies and institutions haven't adapted yet. These things don't change overnight.
The time is rapidly approaching when international conferences will no longer book the US, but for a time there will still be people who need/want to go to the US for some part of their career, and right now they have hard choices to make.
