Hands Off My Laptop, iPod, Cellphone, Pager, Beeper, Flash Drive, Pocket Litter, First Born (OK, Not My First Born)
Customs and Border Protection just released its new policies for searching and seizing laptops at the border.
Customs and Border Protection just released its new policies for searching and seizing laptops at the border.
Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011
As it stands, Customs can grab anyone at the border, seize their laptop, and demand passwords and encryption keys as a pre-condition to entering the country. And who knows when you'll get your computer back?
New York Times | Joe Sharkey | Posted 05.25.2011
For years at airport security checkpoints, passengers have heard the refrain, almost a dirge: "Laptops must be removed from their cases and placed on ...
Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011