If you travel across national borders, it's time to customs-proof your laptop.Customs officials have been stepping up electronic searches of laptops at the border, where travelers enjoy little privacy and have no legal grounds to object. Laptops and other electronic devices can be seized without reason, their contents copied, and the hardware returned hours or even weeks later.The information security implications are worrisome, to say the least. Fortunately, you have some technological defenses against overly snoopy border agents.To find out what they are, see the News.com Guide to Customs-Proofing Your Laptop. (And no, we're not responsible if you end up cooling your heels in some Burmese prison for using PGP; check local laws and use good judgment.)http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9893139-1.html
My concern is how long does it take to check your laptop?
>>13679Remember that scene in Die Hard: With A Vengeance where the laptop booted up and said:I AM A BOMB.YOU HAVE JUSTARMED ME. ? Do that.
>>13679>Fortunately, you have some technological defenses against overly snoopy border agents.The universal language of horse-porn.
>>13689Except in Texas, and wherever dmitrys is popular.
I think it's time for a second American Revolution. We are pretty much at the point where we have a government that's the 21st century equivalent to what England was to the colonies in 1776.
>>13699Not exactly...parts may have similarity, but in 1776 Britain said 'fuck you, because you're not really citizens', while today the US says 'you're a citizen, you're gonna be fucked'
>>13701THE WORLD IS OUR CITIZEN
In the EU they just ask you to take the laptop out of the bag and scan it separately
Meanwhile at the royal legion of Canadian airport...
Secure ftp server ftw.People who think they can 'hide' something on a laptop are kidding themselves.However, if my computer were ever out of my sight and in the hands of any government official, I would immediately sell it and buy a new one. Creepy govt spyware ftl.
>>13717this is whati've experienced in japan, canada, and the us (well, Atlanta -- maybe other places are stupid? or maybe the stupid has come since 2005)
>>13754chicago is not stupid
Yeah, they may do this in shitty countries like the USA.
>>13773read the two posts above yours
As long as they don't do this in Europe, I'm happy.