** Reply to message from "Lan Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 3 May 2008 08:01:04 -0700 (PDT)
> But is the Border Patrol aware that while in, say, Mexico, I can put an > FTP site up on a home computer with a nonstandard port, come over, and > then download the files to my heart's content? this whole thing probably stems from how the US police have many times used the cell phone contacts of convicted criminals as a way to get more of the bad guys/gals. This, in a simple mind would lead you to believe that they'll find worthy data in anyones phones or laptops so they think they have the right to collect such data. As you pointed out, stuff taught in highschool makes it very easy to move data across the border and anyone with anything incriminating or terrorist related being found in a collected device at the border is extreme luck and actually unlikely. I can only guess that they do this not to the average citizen but to those they know have drug ties, gang ties, or ties to other criminal activities. It's a fine line and one easily crossed on the way to outright infringement of legal rights under the constitution. But at the same time, providing proof for the reason for the search would also expose tactics used to verify a criminal activity.... It's a tough one especially given how the current Admin and congress has constantly stomped on our constitutional rights in the name of the 9/11 event and protecting the US people. I'm not quite ready to be strapping a memory card to my wang yet. Doug -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
