NZ Traveler's Electronics Taken At Airport; Interest in Snowden to Blame?

An anonymous reader writes "A New Zealand backpacker stripped of all electrical equipment at Auckland airport suggests attending a London talk on cyber-security following the Edward Snowden leaks may be to blame. Samuel Blackman was returning home for Christmas on 11 December from London Heathrow to Auckland via San Francisco when a customs officer at his final destination took the law graduate's two smartphones, iPad, external hard drive and laptop, demanding the passwords for all devices." For a quieter version, see also The New Zealand Herald.

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Expected in United Soviet States of America

[HansKloss]

With Cold War over 'ol US is the new capital of totalitarian regimes.
Coming over you will
- get shot
- get imprisoned
- become slave

This is daily "American Nightmare" for 300mln of people living there.

Re:First Nigger!

[DrPBacon]

TIL I've been spelling jigaboo with an extra g all my life :\