It came up at work again and this link was referenced along with the following quote off of slashdot. Now I am not 100% sure where it came from, but if it is true, it should get very interesting and would make things a lot worse than just having your laptop stolen from you by the government.
*"Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed. Also, officials may share copies of the laptop's contents with other agencies and private entities for language translation, data decryption, or other reasons, according to the policies, dated July 16 and issued by two DHS agencies, US Customs and Border Protection and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement... DHS officials said that the newly disclosed policies — which apply to anyone entering the country, including US citizens — are reasonable and necessary to prevent terrorism... The policies cover 'any device capable of storing information in digital or analog form,' including hard drives, flash drives, cell phones, iPods, pagers, beepers, and video and audio tapes. They also cover 'all papers and other written documentation,' including books, pamphlets and 'written materials commonly referred to as "pocket trash..."'"* http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/travel/admissability/search_authority.ctt/search_authority.pdf On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > Things seem to be getting worse....... > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10004646-38.html > Homeland Security: We can seize laptops for an indefinite period > > The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has concocted a remarkable > new policy: It reserves the right to seize for an indefinite period of > time laptops taken across the border. > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here is another Article on this topic from the EFF. They discuss the > > issue and some of the things going on. > > Reference: > > https://ftp.eff.org/press/archives/2008/05/01 > > > > Interesting Quote from this article: > > "Americans should know how and why electronic data is seized and kept > > by the government, and who is able to access it at the border and in > > the years afterwards." > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This law is so bad for america. > >> I will not give my password to a US customs agent as long as Im a > citizen. > >> > >> The sad thing is, now that all the child pron freaks are aware of this > >> law, they > >> can surely find a way to get around it, leaving the rest of americans > >> compromised. > >> > >> The 16GB SD card is a great idea, however I dont think they are going to > buy > >> "If someone does discover it, you can try saying: I don't know what's > >> on there. My boss told me to give it to the head of the New York > >> office." > >> > >> > >> Chris... > >> > >> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:57 AM, David Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Saw this related article on /. today... > >>> http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/05/15/1551246.shtml > >>> > >>> Direct link to the referenced article is here: > >>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/15/computing.security > >>> > >>> I typically regard Bruce Schneier's opinion highly - he seems to echo a > lot of > >>> what Chris and Peter and others were saying on our discussion here. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Jeff Lasman wrote: > >>>> On Tuesday 06 May 2008 12:21 pm, Chris Louden wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> You can't be forced to incriminate yourself/provide password. The > >>>>> court could put the costs of decrypting your system they incur on you > >>>>> though. > >>>> > >>>>>From where do you get that perception? > >>>> > >>>> Jeff > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> LinuxUsers mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > >> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > >> -Roger Penrose > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > > -Roger Penrose > > > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
