“The U.S. Customs may search your laptop and copy your hard drive when you cross the border, according to their policy. They may do this even if they have no particularized suspicion of wrongdoing on your part.” (via No Warrant Necessary to Seize Your Laptop | Freedom to Tinker.)
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ABOUT JIMJim cultivates interests in a variety of areas. He is an avid storyteller, specializing in dark fiction and webcomics. He also reads prolifically, designs web sites and graphics, and takes photographs. He and his wife are first-generation farmers who run a 40-acre farm in central Indiana where they raise horses, chickens, bees, and fruit trees.
Oh man… That's not justified. Even if they did copy someone's HD, what are they going to do? Windows Search each computer for keywords relating to criminal activities? My computer stays inside the country from now on.
Pretty much my thoughts on it, as well. An individual's right-to-privacy should be a high priority to the authorities. They shouldn't be looking for ways to violate that right.
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