[SGVLUG] interesting, border inspection issues

[Tom Emerson]

Hmmm... since I'm already over here in Germany with my laptop, this is a little too late for me to do anything about it.  OTOH, this is a relatively new laptop, it ONLY has Linux on it, so there is very little "cruft" that has accumulated that I need worry about.  The last time I flew outside of the country, it was only on the return trip that I was asked to turn the computer on, which is similar to what some of the people commenting on the article mentioned.

One thing in the article caught my attention, though -- he suggested storing the data on DVD's and fed-ex'ing them to your destination (if they have "slow" connections there) -- I realize this could get into the plausible deny-ability area, but wouldn't that shipment be subject to search?  (I don't know what international shipping of DVD's entails...)

----- Original Message ----
From: matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com>
To: sgvlug at sgvlug.org
Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2008 4:34:31 PM
Subject: [SGVLUG] interesting, border inspection issues


Hi,

I found this to be particularly interesting...

Keep your data safe at the border
Posted by Chris Soghoian 12 comments

There is no right to privacy at international borders. For those of us
with laptops, this presents a pretty major problem:
[..]

http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9935170-46.html

best
matti




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