Travelers' Laptops May Be Detained At Border

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

TheNay - it wasnt a "bush government inside job," it was an elitist job - the global elite. Democrat, republican - it doesnt matter. dont think Obama as president would be any different!

9/11 was another example of an operation to invade countries and control citizens.

the US (and UK for that matter) is quickly turning into a fascist country.

I never said Obama would be any different. But, seeing how the VP of the US right now owns a big part of Haliburton (which makes military stuff for the US), well when they went to Iraq he made millions. Makes you wonder. And no doubt other countries were involved, UK, Israel, etc etc.. either way I never fully trust the government of any country, it's corrupted in some way or another.

[jelli]

That's alarming, to have any device that holds personal data removed from me without due suspicion is insane. Question to American users, is there much coverage in the media (TV, papers, radio) about this?

[struct]

If I have nothing to hide, then fine, hold me in contempt. It's a violation of my 4th amendment rights. Unless DHS and Bush has somehow managed to repeal the 4th amendment without 3/4 of states approval then I believe I am safe.

I'm not a lawyer but I agree. I think a good case could be made out of the first US citizen to assert their 4th and 5th amendment rights when entering the country. Giving up a password could incriminate people and thus I would think it protected.

Now, under these laws they could still keep your kit for however long they wanted (aka 'reasonable') but at least you would be standing your ground.

[Vykranth]

I'm not a lawyer but I agree. I think a good case could be made out of the first US citizen to assert their 4th and 5th amendment rights when entering the country. Giving up a password could incriminate people and thus I would think it protected.

Now, under these laws they could still keep your kit for however long they wanted (aka 'reasonable') but at least you would be standing your ground.

What about foreigners coming to the US?

When I go to the US for my company, I usually have a laptop with some company information on it: typically whatever I need when I go see the clients. What about industrial spying?

If I get my laptop detained, I am pretty much useless without it.

[Mathiasdm]

Encryption software looks more interesting every day!

Out of principle, by the way, since I don't really have anything to hide.

[revvo]

That's why they make truecrypt. Just encrypt to the point that it would take so much time and effort for them to get at any data on your machine and make it pointless for them.

Truecrypt can protect you from unwanted hands if the data that you want to encrypt is in a hidden drive inside the truecrypt drive.

The other solution is install some complicated Linux distro like Slackware, make sure X.org doesn't start automatically and let them have fun with it :rofl: You'll hear them go "WE NEED A GEEK, I REPEAT: WE NEED A GEEK".