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  "path": "/t/moving-abroad-with-raid-drives/38383#post_1",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T08:36:57.000Z",
  "site": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net",
  "tags": [
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  "textContent": "In September I will be moving from the US to the UK, and hopefully a few years down the line from the UK to the EU.\n\nLet’s say I hypothetically have an encrypted 12TB RAID 1 setup that has holds my backups of everything. Phone backups, photos and videos, digital copies of my blu-ray collection, PC backups, etc. I currently use just short of 10TB of the storage, so this would be far too large for a cloud provider such as Proton Drive. To me, it seems the only option would be to physically bring one of, or both, drives with me. _If_ this is the case, I personally lean toward bringing only one drive and leaving the other behind at my parents’ house for safekeeping. (Then, creating a new RAID system abroad) Does this sound like a good idea?\n\nHowever, I’m very concerned about being asked to unlock the drive by customs given that it has all my photos, many of which are sensitive and personal for my wife and I, as well as ripped blu-rays. According to GOV.UK, border authorities don’t seem to have the legal ability to compel a password. Unfortunately, I cannot find any good information like this for the EU. Does anyone have more information on this? Or anything to contradict what I’m seeing about the UK?\n\nAdditionally, if I leave one drive behind, how do I introduce a fresh second drive to create a RAID 1 setup?\n\nThanks!",
  "title": "Moving Abroad With RAID Drives"
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