Senate Hearing On Laptop Seizures At US Border 526
suitablegirl writes "As we have discussed, Customs and Border Patrol is allowed to seize and download data from laptops or electronic devices of Americans returning from abroad. At a Senate hearing tomorrow, privacy advocates and industry groups will urge the lawmakers to take action to protect the data and privacy of Americans not guilty of anything besides wanting to go home."
Countermeasure (Score:3, Funny)
They might return the laptop to you right away
Re:Countermeasure (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Can we be a little more inclusive? (Score:4, Funny)
Haven't you figured out you're not welcome yet?
Re:About time. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Can we be a little more inclusive? (Score:3, Funny)
I'd, personally, be against any protections granted to filthy foreigners trying to enter our country. Showers should be required.
Especially for Canadians.
Re:About time. (Score:3, Funny)
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Just to clarify that conjugation there:
Noun: Terrorist.
Adjective: Terroristish.
Adverb: Terroristically.
Other: Terroristificationism.
Re:About time. (Score:3, Funny)
Hey, whatever turns you on.
I love governments (Score:4, Funny)
Sir! Sir! Somebody copied a song on their computer to someone else's computer!
ZOMFG! Quick, make some legislation that pisses on civil rights and prosecute the shit out of anyone copying files! Get Bill on the phone and have him write a load of restrictive crap into everybody's operating system. Copying Files Must Be Stopped!!
Sir! Sir! Somebody took a computer with them when they left the country for a couple of hours!
ZOMFG! Copy all his files! Distribute copies to all the many security agencies!
Re:About time. (Score:1, Funny)
I will set an (RI|MP)AA on them for illegal downloading of copyrighted materials from my harddrive :D
Re:Can we be a little more inclusive? (Score:5, Funny)
Umm... could it be that some dimwit in some agency mistook tourism for terrorism? I mean, they do sound similar...
Re:About time. (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:About time. (Score:1, Funny)
I always thought a terrorist was someone that discriminated against people that are terrors.
Re:Can we be a little more inclusive? (Score:3, Funny)
Apologies, but it seemed apt.
Re:On a technicality... (Score:5, Funny)
Your prenineeleventhink is simply appalling, citizen.
Re:Can we be a little more inclusive? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Can we be a little more inclusive? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:About time. (Score:5, Funny)
This is not new. It predates The War on [noun/adjective/adverb/other]
End of discussion.
The issue here is not whether they can inspect your documents, but whether they can keep a copy of your electronic files.
I think you misunderstand what "End of discussion." means.
Re:About time. (Score:5, Funny)
Encrypted information hidden in the shape of antlers?
Excellent idea - especially for those damn Scandinavian terrorists bringing their Lapp tops complete with reindeer antlers into the country :o)
Re:Can we be a little more inclusive? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:About time. (Score:5, Funny)
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So if they copy my drive (Score:2, Funny)
Re:About time. (Score:3, Funny)
It's summer. They've migrated south.