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High-Tech Gadgets Can Pose Problems At Mexican Border

Posted by timothy on from the which-jail-would-you-prefer dept.

TechnologyResource writes "Going across the border will be a more 'interesting' experience since Customs and Border Protection will now be checking laptops, digital cameras, cell phones and any other electronics on your person or in your vehicle. It's not a new authority, according to Angelica De Cima, Office of Public Affairs Liaison 'They've always had the right to inspect your person, vehicle, baggage, anything on you. Nothing has changed from before,' De Cima said."

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  1. Linux laptop by Darylium · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wonder what they'll do when they search my 'unusable' Linux laptop.

    1. Re:Linux laptop by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Years ago I left Adelaide on a domestic flight with a laptop loaded with mandrake in my luggage. The departure was delayed 30 minutes on an excuse (said they needed to change a wheel, but I could see the plane and that didn't happen). So I got to Melbourne, unpacked the laptop and the battery was dead flat. It must have been started after I packed it, and not stopped properly.

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  2. Re:YRO??!! by pla · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ever flown through Ireland, not even as a final destination? It's worse than any American customs stop I've been through.

    Um, yeah - About three months ago, actually. We got off our plane, followed the signs around this amazingly convoluted set of hallways to the passport-check area, only to find...

    No one there.

    Waited about five minutes, figuring someone had gone to the bathroom, and didn't see a single uniformed person (got passed by plenty of people walking right on through without even pausing, though).

    So, we walked through and onto our connecting flight.

    Granted, we went from one "secure" area to another, so I really didn't see the need to go through customs at all, but literally, we merely walked past an unattended desk. Simple as that.