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

[Dennis Durham]

Vote Republican to find out.
Dennis
(personally, I would prosecute BOTH parties under the RICO act.)

On Aug 4, 2008, at 3:14 PM, <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?
>
> Lile
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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)
>
>>> On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Lee R. Burton wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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..
>>>
>>> 	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 ...
>>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Hey, I can dream, can't I...
>>
>>
>> Jay
>>
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