the government is perfectly free to inspect every laptop that enters the country

[7960]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

I never said everyone, but under reasonable suspicion yes they should. However the original post said that searching a hard drive would not make the country more secure.

opening every letter that's mailed to the US would make the country more secure, too, therefore every letter mailed into the US should be opened

[7960]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

why would they not be able to?

How would a border jockey know I took that picture of the statue of liberty because my wife and kids are in it versus the picture Akhmedinajad took of the statue of liberty because he needed references for where to put bombs?

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by 7960

opening every letter that's mailed to the US would make the country more secure, too, therefore every letter mailed into the US should be opened

because that is what I am saying

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by 7960

How would a border jockey know I took that picture of the statue of liberty because my wife and kids are in it versus the picture Akhmedinajad took of the statue of liberty because he needed references for where to put bombs?

from training.

[7960]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

no but you said that looking on a hard drive would not make the country any safer.

Let's say that a potential terrorist........

"Let's say a potential terrorist"................and the border agent is going to know that he's a potential terrorist?

...wouldn't you want the agent to be able to poke around the laptop?

Not if it means he gets to poke around everyone else's laptop, no.

[7960]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

from training.

one is from sightseeing and the other is for terrorist reconnaissance. What kind of training will help a border agent distinguish between the two?

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[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by 7960

one is from sightseeing and the other is for terrorist reconnaissance. What kind of training will help a border agent distinguish between the two?

obviously those pictures don't show anything but a border agent is trained to investigate, and that is what they do. So when they first screen you and you answer kinda of squirely, which will raise the suspicion of the agent. He will investigate further and that should include looking at a laptop.

[7960]

I think you put too much faith in border agent training.

[Galactic Gigolo]

From the author of the article

Sorry that wasn't clearer. The government says it can search any computer at the border without reasonable suspicion.

Fuck that. Hopefully they aren't allowed to do this after the court case is decided.

[Donkey®]

Besides it being useless in fighting terror, I don't have an issue with it.

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by Galactic Gigolo

From the author of the article

Sorry that wasn't clearer. The government says it can search any computer at the border without reasonable suspicion.

Fuck that. Hopefully they aren't allowed to do this after the court case is decided.

I disagree with that.