Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: forumguy
Right now, the legal law is setup so U.S. Customs can search the contents of any of your electronics without any reason. Also the precendent is there for them to confiscate any electronics at their discretion for later detailed analysis in a lab.
Gee, kinda like fruit, plant material and any animals. DAMN THEM!!! Just who do they think they are!!!
Taking away my bag of fruit is one thing (I would also be pissed) but taking my notebook from me if I'm on vacation would be something else. For business people, not arriving at the destination with your notebook is even worse.
I would almost be okay with them driving around my desktop. But imaging my drive sector by sector and having it end up in any other government agency got me. They won't get me standing in their office while they poke around my email, documents, histories -- not if I can help it -- and it looks like I can do a great deal to prevent this. If they take my personal drives, they will need NSA strength computers a few weeks to crack it even if it is possible at all.
