EFF on securing digital information when crossing the border

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation, long-time defenders of the common man's rights in the electronic realm, has published a guide to keeping your digital devices private when entering the United States. It seems the defenders of freedom and liberty (ICE, DHS, TSA, and CBP) are able to take a few freedoms with your liberty at a border crossing by seizing your devices and copies of the data they … [Read more...]

Homeland Security issues policy on laptop seizures

The US Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed a new policy that allows agents to seize laptops, or anything capable of storing information, "for a reasonable period of time". Okay, so this seems normal; A government agency is declaring they may confiscate personal property. However, the strange part of this story is that under this policy, federal agents can confiscate these things … [Read more...]