Maybe OT: DHS rules on search and seizure without warrant.

[Michael Havens]

gee.... isn't that where most of the people in the US live?
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:36 AM, James Finstrom <
jfinstrom at rhinoequipment.com> wrote:

> I think this may be a grey area. It does not pertain directly to Linux but
> as Linux users we typically have 2 vices, freedom and security.
>
> If you live in the orange areas(http://imgur.com/r1C3lmy), you are in
> what the DHS now considers a "Fourth Amendment Exclusion Zone"...meaning
> that it's fine for the DHS to stop anyone within 100 miles (the Orange
> area) of ANY US border, without any suspicion or warrant, and search all
> the data on all their devices.
>
> “We also conclude that imposing a requirement that officers have
> reasonable suspicion in order to conduct a border search of an electronic
> device would be operationally harmful without concomitant civil
> rights/civil liberties benefits,” says the executive summary.
>
> Absolute insanity. More info here:
> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/02/electronics-border-seizures/
>
>
> James Finstrom
>
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