If you are going to USA-leave your laptop at home

2008-05-14 08:38:54

#1

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6877|The Twilight Zone

This was posted on a Slovenian news site so I'll try to translate to my best abilities.

American authorities struck on privacy of tourists that visit USA with a new law that allows the border patrol to copy content of your laptop from people that come to visit USA. But the law will be hard to do since theres so many people with a laptop on travels nowadays. Customs officer, border patrol officer will be able to copy the content of the HDD of every stranger that enters USA. This will make waiting lines on the airports even longer.
So advice is to copy all important data from your HDD so it doesn't get in their hands because it may damage the disk.

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2008-05-14 08:41:54

#2

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7045|London, England

Is that actually real?

These guys are taking shit to the extreme. The terrorists must be laughing in their .....Hilton hotels in NYC.

2008-05-14 08:49:48

#3

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6805|the land of bourbon

encryption is more important than ever these days...

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2008-05-14 09:48:51

#4

IRONCHEF: Member; +385|6915|Northern California

If you can cite the source, that'd be a good read..to see what "american authorities" would degrade the constitution even more by doing such a thing.

2008-05-14 10:02:08

#5

oug: Calmer than you are.; +380|6943|Πάϊ

this is beyond stupid

_ƒ³

2008-05-14 10:10:53

#6

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6946|...

I doubt they can muster of enough capable people willing to make shitty money to do this.

2008-05-14 10:18:13

#7

FallenMorgan: Member; +53|6338|Glendale, CA

America is slowly turning into a police state.

2008-05-14 10:22:16

#8

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7181|Argentina

This is old and yes they're doing it. My cousin had his laptop checked at the customs.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/24/ … laptop.php

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2008-05-14 10:27:28

#9

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7024|132 and Bush

FallenMorgan wrote:
America is slowly turning into a police state.

While at the same time headed towards anarchy.. which would be the opposite.

React ..counter react.. react counter react..yada yada.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2008-05-14 11:07:26

#10

God Save the Queen: Banned; +628|6767|tropical regions of london

IRONCHEF wrote:
If you can cite the source, that'd be a good read..to see what "american authorities" would degrade the constitution even more by doing such a thing.

where is the part that mentions laptops?

2008-05-14 11:08:01

#11

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7073

Yeah I read an article about it a while ago. Pointless and an inconvinience for everyone, especially companies.

steelie34 wrote:
encryption is more important than ever these days...

They force you to give up your passwords. TrueCrypt however, offers a way around this by putting a hidden folder inside the hidden folder.

EDIT: An article on it

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2008-05-14 11:11:44

#12

oug: Calmer than you are.; +380|6943|Πάϊ

Kmarion wrote:
FallenMorgan wrote:
America is slowly turning into a police state.
While at the same time headed towards anarchy.. which would be the opposite.

React ..counter react.. react counter react..yada yada.

who's reacting? all I see is people bending over tbh

_ƒ³

2008-05-14 11:14:10

#13

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6946|...

oug wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
FallenMorgan wrote:
America is slowly turning into a police state.
While at the same time headed towards anarchy.. which would be the opposite.

React ..counter react.. react counter react..yada yada.
who's reacting? all I see is people bending over tbh

QFE

2008-05-14 11:18:21

#14

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7073

jsnipy wrote:
oug wrote:
Kmarion wrote:

While at the same time headed towards anarchy.. which would be the opposite.

React ..counter react.. react counter react..yada yada.
who's reacting? all I see is people bending over tbh
QFE

QFT&E

It's pointless, they won't gain anything from it. All that happens is terrorists know not to bring their laptop with them when they're going to blow shit up. It wastes the time of the security officials and the passengers, and even more of the taxpayers money.

2008-05-14 11:19:37

#15

IRONCHEF: Member; +385|6915|Northern California

God Save the Queen wrote:
IRONCHEF wrote:
If you can cite the source, that'd be a good read..to see what "american authorities" would degrade the constitution even more by doing such a thing.
where is the part that mentions laptops?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Ame … nstitution

Aside of the unconstitutional ruling the SCOTUS recently gave allowing searching without probable cause ("security" at the cost of liberty as usual), it is unconstitutional (violates 4th and 14th amendments) to copy data belonging to someone without cause. Sure it's not on paper, but such electronic data is the same thing, obviously.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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2008-05-14 11:50:30

#16

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7160|Salt Lake City

All your pr0nz are belong to us!

2008-05-14 11:51:42

#17

Megalomaniac: Formerly known as Missionless; +92|6751|105 RVK

so... the terrorists will just use USB memory cards then.

2008-05-14 11:51:43

#18

God Save the Queen: Banned; +628|6767|tropical regions of london

laptops werent invented when the consitution was created

2008-05-14 11:52:54

#19

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7073

God Save the Queen wrote:
laptops werent invented when the consitution was created

Do you actually have a real point, or are you just going to say things we already knew?

2008-05-14 13:53:27

#20

HurricaИe: Banned; +877|6385|Washington DC

Do they honestly check every single laptop? I could imagine this being a decent idea if they had a "suspect" traveler and wanted to gather a bit more info on him, but for every person? Too much time and money wasted.

Why don't these berks spend the money on something like those super X-ray machines they made that let you see through freakin' clothes? Shit that makes me want to join the TSA... just hope you don't get any trogs walking through the x-ray.

2008-05-14 14:20:24

#21

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|7078

Yeah I heard about this. Just massively encrypt your shit or don't bring it with you. It sucks, but we're paranoid as ever these days and the 9/11 terrorists are to blame for that.

2008-05-14 14:27:06

#22

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7073

mtb0minime wrote:
Yeah I heard about this. Just massively encrypt your shit or don't bring it with you. It sucks, but we're paranoid as ever these days and the 9/11 terrorists are to blame for that.

You can't, the ask for all your passwords and presumably if they don't work they arrest you until you tell them.

2008-05-14 14:28:04

#23

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6913|Gogledd Cymru

ghettoperson wrote:
mtb0minime wrote:
Yeah I heard about this. Just massively encrypt your shit or don't bring it with you. It sucks, but we're paranoid as ever these days and the 9/11 terrorists are to blame for that.
You can't, the ask for all your passwords and presumably if they don't work they arrest you until you tell them.

Use your iPod/generic portable device with data storage capabilities.

2008-05-14 14:29:42

#24

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7073

The Sheriff wrote:
ghettoperson wrote:
mtb0minime wrote:
Yeah I heard about this. Just massively encrypt your shit or don't bring it with you. It sucks, but we're paranoid as ever these days and the 9/11 terrorists are to blame for that.
You can't, the ask for all your passwords and presumably if they don't work they arrest you until you tell them.
Use your iPod/generic portable device with data storage capabilities.

As I understood it, they take (or can do so) all your electronics off you. Cell phones, iPods etc.

2008-05-14 14:40:47

#25

IRONCHEF: Member; +385|6915|Northern California

Seriously, mail a dvd disk to your intended destination with any terrorist data on it.. WHat are they hoping to do? Copying hard drives is about as good at stopping turrists as is preventing nail clippers or breast milk on airplanes.

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