I have just learned that the government has added new rules. The US government is allowed to take anyone's laptop, mp3 player, phone or ANY device that can store information OR written material and hold it for some time while they scan it. !?!?!? Does this not upset anyone? When I come home the government has the right to take any of my gear and hold it for any time they want while they search through the data, send copies to any agency that is interested then send it back to me. Or just any book, note, doodle is open to be taken. Really?
They say it is for "security". Catch terrorist plans or child pornography. Bull. I do not like the idea that for any random reason they could take my information for weeks while they look for information. Also if it is about finding illegal material, DVD or MP3. I copy my dvd or music to computer how can you prove it is legal or not? you can't. Big Brother!!
This is an invasion of privacy. The policy does NOT REQUIRE probabal cause... So for ANY reason they can take my stuff and spend months searching through it. They can detain it for ANY length of time they see fit... i thought there was something in the constitution against that. Now i understand if the government wants to frisk me or go through my bags to find guns, bombs, weapons, fruit, poison etc. That is all stuff that is dangerous. To take my private information to see if there is anything of intrest??? NO.
It is not even checked there. they can ship it off to anywhere they want to have it checked.
I live on my laptop. what happens if they take it away for weeks? What happens if there is an accident? Data accidentaly gets lost.
Besides if a terrorist is going to bring plans of his deathstar or whatever evil plot would they really keep it on a hp laptop. probably some flash drive hidden in a belt buckle or other fancy device. this is not for security. this is done by lobbyist from the music companies trying to get back every little penny of "pirate" music or whatnot.
the links
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/content/article/2008/08/01/laptops.html
http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/travel/admissibility/search_authority.ctt/search_authority.pdf
please tell me this bothers other people other than me
6 years ago
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Hey,I agree with you.I also think it's an invasion of privacy.American government always claim human rights but actually ,the government breaks human rights from time to time.
Hey,that comment is from Leo Wei
I agree with you. This sounds very controlling... It will be like you left the US for China and when you come back, the US has turned into China... Very odd.
On a related note: Ever heard of AES encryption? Google for it :) It essentially turns your entire harddrive into a big random blob until you type the proper password... That's what a terrorist would use (and me too if I lived in the US, I don't like random searches)
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