October 26, 2006
i was DEFINATELY not aware of this
I was enlightened today: At U.S. Borders, Laptops have no right to privacy. Apparently when you arrive in the US, customs and immigration have the right to browse through all the files on your computer, and even seize it. this applies to anyone - They don’t need probable cause to perform these searches under the current law. They can do it without suspicion or without really revealing their motivations.
Yeah, not so cool. I mean, not only are they prying into whatever you might have on your computer, but they can actually just take your computer and not tell you when you're getting it back. One lady said she has been waiting for a year to get her laptop and its contents back. That is simply unacceptable. Luckily, people and groups are working to get the law changed so that seizing and searching must be based at a minimum, on a reasonable suspicion..
hrmph.
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Posted by lara at October 26, 2006 01:42 PM
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