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

[David A. Cafaro]

Actually, yes they can at the border.  Refusal to provide keys is  
considered reasonable cause for detention and questioning at the  
border.  They can still only hold you for so long without chargers,  
but yes they can detain you.  Not as bad as UK, but still very much  
unacceptable.

Call your congress people, now.

Not so Cheers,
David


David A. Cafaro <dac at cafaro.net>
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On Aug 5, 2008, at 8:13 AM, Ross Patterson wrote:

> At 04:48 8/5/2008, Mackenzie Morgan wrote:
>> On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 09:44 -0400, Tux Subscriber Dave Aronson wrote:
>>> Then there's encryption... but that's a whole 'nother can of worms.
>>
>> And then ask for the key and detain you til it's provided.
>
> Not in the USA, at least not yet.  But in the UK, yup.
>
> Ross
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