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New Bill To Rein In DHS Laptop Seizures

Posted by kdawson on from the give-it-back-now dept.

twigles writes with news of a new proposed bill that seeks to curtail DHS's power to search and seize laptops at the border without suspicion of wrongdoing. Here is Sen. Feingold's press release on the bill. The new bill has more privacy-protecting safeguards than the previous one, which we discussed last month. "The Travelers Privacy Protection Act, a bill written by US Senators Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., would allow border agents to search electronic devices only if they had reasonable suspicions of wrongdoing. In addition, the legislation would limit the length of time that a device could be out of its owner's possession to 24 hours, after which the search becomes a seizure, requiring probable cause."

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  1. Odd way to terrorize people... by GameboyRMH · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, there is an order of magnitude of difference between a penis pill e-mail and a terrorist, but the general principle is the same.

    So you're saying that terrorists want to enlarge my penis by an order of magnitude greater than the pills? Well I guess a massive penis could be rather threatening, but how would the terrorists make use of my terrifyingly huge penis? Write a message on it? Or maybe they're just trying to get the point across that they have to ability to produce Wangs of Mass Destruction?

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    "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
    1. Re:Odd way to terrorize people... by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well I guess a massive penis could be rather threatening, but how would the terrorists make use of my terrifyingly huge penis?

      Well, he said it would be a pain in the ass.

    2. Re:Odd way to terrorize people... by Legrow · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well I guess a massive penis could be rather threatening, but how would the terrorists make use of my terrifyingly huge penis? Write a message on it? Or maybe they're just trying to get the point across that they have to ability to produce Wangs of Mass Destruction?

      I believe you meant, Weapons of Ass Destruction.

  2. Re:More than a pita by stephanruby · · Score: 3, Funny

    Arrive, go somewhere, sleep on the train to somewhere else, see what's there...

    If you come to the US, and sleep on the train, on the street, on the bus, or near any place that's interesting. Do not expect to have your laptop when you get back home, DHS or no DHS. Same goes for your iPod, your wallet, your credit cards, your money, your virginity, and your organs.

    Well, I was only kidding about the virginity part, that part would only apply to females.