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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.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters link his post about US Customs seizing his electronics in threads on border searches and passcode demands.

    Stats for nerds
    15HN people shared it
    12linked in comments
    1.1Kstory points
    Feb 2020last shared
    2017people per year2020

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
      6 people · 953 points · first shared 2017 · 593 comments on HN
    2. 2
      36C3 Staff Assaulted Me for Political Reasons
      1 person · 85 points · first shared 2019 · 66 comments on HN
    3. 3
      How to rig an election, get published by JP Morgan, threatened in just 12 hours
      2 people · 5 points · first shared 2016 · 1 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Cock.li: 10 Years of Throbbing Email
      1 person · 4 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
    5. 5
      SoundCloud: Good for Music, Bad for Transparency
      2 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      How to Set Up a Hidden Service Backup System
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2016 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      I'm Challenging a DoD OIG Subpoena Over “Insulting and Prejudicial Comments”
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2018 · 1 comments on HN
    8. 8
      My Favorite Wikipedia Vandalism: A Tale of Nine Cheese Curds
      1 person · 1 points · first shared 2017 · Discussion on HN
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      1 person · first shared 2017
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      CTskizZe
      1 person · first shared 2017

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • gexcoloMar 2017

      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: vc@cock.li

      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.

    • dependenttypesFeb 2020

      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).

    • ctrl_freakJan 2017

      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

    • AnaniasAnanasApr 2019

      Something relevant from the creator of cock.li https://vc.gg/blog/so-its-been-a-while.html

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