[Novalug] Caveat for travelers crossing US borders (fwd)

[Tom Goldsmith]

Uh. Under the FISA bill passed a few weeks ago, if you're out of the 
country and emailing back in, there is a very high probability your 
email is being collected, if not read. Think of it as kind of an 
automatic backup (but restoring the data is just a little more challenging).

elmurphree at verizon.net wrote:
> As I read this, the new policy doesn't just apply to laptops. It applies to all electronic devices. That means that if, for example, you go, at great expense, to the far corners of the earth to take digital pictures of wildlife your camera memory sticks can be confiscated at the border and you may never see them again! Or any other photos or sound recordings you might take outside the US. This policy is likely to have a chilling effect on the travel industry. It would seem that the only way to be sure you get your pictures home is to stop somewhere before you get to the border and email the images to yourself. Will email traffic be next to be caught in the feds' net?
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>> From: Jay Hart <jhart at kevla.org>
>> Date: 2008/08/04 Mon PM 01:58:11 EDT
>> To: Beartooth <karhunhammas at Lserv.com>
>> Cc: "Lee R. Burton" <lburton at mrow.org>, Novalug <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Novalug] Caveat for travelers crossing US borders (fwd)
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>>> On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Lee R. Burton wrote:
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>>>> I knew there was a reason I store no actual data on my laptop
>>>> (oh wait.. that's because I trust OpenAFS+AFS backups+RAID on
>>>> my servers over my laptop disk)... however this gives me yet
>>>> another good reason to do that. I wonder how long this "policy"
>>>> is going to last..
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>>>  	Well, as an outright and unmitigated violation of the
>>> Fourth Amendment, it *should* be struck down to hell as soon as
>>> anyone takes it to court ...
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>> I agree with you 100% percent.  I'll bail you out of jail if and when you
>> stand up for our rights.  Since I travel only 2-3 times a year, and never take
>> a laptop with me, I'll defer this fight to someone else.
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>> Things will get better under the Dems, believe you me.  I envison an era where
>> you are so heavy taxed that laptops will be a luxury item for the rich, rlying
>> on their personal jets, not subject to this rule.
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>> Hey, I can dream, can't I...
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>> Jay
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