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Senate Hearing On Laptop Seizures At US Border

Posted by kdawson on from the cold-dead-fingers dept.

suitablegirl writes "As we have discussed, Customs and Border Patrol is allowed to seize and download data from laptops or electronic devices of Americans returning from abroad. At a Senate hearing tomorrow, privacy advocates and industry groups will urge the lawmakers to take action to protect the data and privacy of Americans not guilty of anything besides wanting to go home."

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  1. what if... by theheadlessrabbit · · Score: 0, Troll

    i have a question for slashdot.
    since none of you are layers, i feel that slashdot is the perfect place to seak hypothetical legal advice.

    I am an artist. i have recorded several songs and I keep them on my hard drive.

    what is there to stop people like me from suing the US customes agents $150,000 per song for copyright infringement?

    --
    -I only code in BASIC.-
  2. Re:Can we be a little more inclusive? by OrangeTide · · Score: 0, Troll

    The "rights" of non-citizens is of only secondary concern. I'm not sure why you think if you come as a guest to another country that you expect the same rights and privileges you enjoy in your home country?
    .
    When I visit China I am given a lot of leeway, but I still have tolerate getting everything rifled through at check
    points. Get lasers pointed at my head to measure my body temperature, etc.

    When citizens have some rights to privacy and property in their own country, then we can start worrying about how we treat visitors

    --
    “Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
  3. :e4? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    PeRfo8m keeping

  4. Re:Can we be a little more inclusive? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Does it feel good to treat the rest of the world as though they are criminals? Sure does!

    We're the greatest nation on earth, and I can't even count on two hands the amount of times we've saved those ungrateful assholes from murder or dictatorship, and they still treat us like the drunken cousin taking a piss in the wedding punch. If they want to come to America and enjoy the clean water, clean air and all the fixings of what is THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH then they can damn well be grateful, and if they aren't willing to kiss our boots just to come here from their foreign shitholes, even on vacation, then they should shut the fuck up and take the cavity search.

    You know why? Because the lack of gratitude they show the U.S. is criminal. It should be illegal not to love this country. We saved their lives, and if it wasn't for us, they'd all be working as serfs on a Lord's farm somewhere, hoping the next word they say won't get them killed.
  5. Re:Can we be a little more inclusive? by abstract+daddy · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's not racism, it's just pragmatic. Muslims aren't a race anyway.