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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Steelwallets and Airport Security - Potential Exposure Concerns
by
dkbit98
on 05/04/2024, 16:57:00 UTC
Has anyone here had to travel with their steelwallet? How did you play it cool? I'm all ears for tips, especially if there are any ninja moves for keeping the seed phrase under wraps in such situations.
Are there specific types of steelwallets designed to mitigate this risk, perhaps by obscuring the seed phrase in a way that's not immediately visible?
People usually don't carry their seed words on every travel they make, this should be only done if you are moving away to a different country, or if you plan to do some coin and seed words management.
Any stainless steel will likely be detected by airport scanners, but there are some ways of mitigating this and one of them are faraday bags with your steelwallet placed inside.
There are even faraday wallets, but there is a risk with this method, so I would propose making your own DIY backups, or using temporary paper or plastic backup.
I was even thinking of using old G-shock (or other) watches that have databank functionality with password, that can be great stealth way for passing borders easily.