On 10/06/10 16:01, Chris Cappuccio wrote:
You are aware that US customs is regularly seizing laptop hard drives of people
who enter the US, copying them, and returning them at a future date? This was
challenged in court and naturally the government won their case.
This is such a problem that some companies are mailing hard drives, instead of
having people transport them on planes. Not that customs would stop at copying
a mailed hard disk, but the chance that they bother to even look at a package
is slim.
Thank-you, Chris. No, I was not aware of that, but I am not the least
bit surprised.
I have not travelled to the US since '98. Post-9/11 and the PATRIOT
act, I have no intention of returning to the US (I am a Canadian
citizen) due to similar stories, but I didn't know about that "fun"
fact. Everything since then hasn't "smelled right" to me.
Believe it or not, I don't personally know anyone that has entered the
US post-9/11. When I think about it, everyone I know has been on
international flights that did not involve entering the US at all.
Thanks again for the information. I've had a long suspicion that if I
got to the border, I'd say "No" to something and would be denied entry,
so I haven't even tried. I miss Hawaii, but apparently it doesn't miss
me. ;)
