{"id":128231,"date":"2015-10-05T14:23:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T20:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/05\/your-papers-and-passwords-please.html"},"modified":"2015-11-11T09:35:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T16:35:25","slug":"your-papers-and-passwords-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/05\/your-papers-and-passwords-please.html","title":{"rendered":""Your papers (and passwords), please""},"content":{"rendered":"

I've traveled internationally enough that I should probably considered what I would do in these circumstances. <\/p>\n

On the one hand, I'm pretty much a "I've got nothing to hide" guy. No, really, while there is probably stuff on my phone I'd just as soon not broadcast publicly (on general principle), there's nothing illegal there that I'm aware of.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, that's a mook's excuse. The principle is freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. And it seems<\/i> the current case law means they cannot compel passwords from people or search electronic gear without probable cause.<\/p>\n

Depending on the circumstances, I might be willing to press that issue. Which might, in turn, be very naive of me, but I think it's an important constitutional matter to defend. If there is probable cause to get a warrant, fine. If it's just a matter of "We'd like to poke around your phone and the attached accounts to see what you've been up to" then … no, that's not fine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nCalifornia city mayor relinquishes electronics and passwords to agents at SFO<\/a><\/span>
\nAs feds battle over privacy, mayor compares the situation to North Korea.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I've traveled internationally enough that I should probably considered what I would do in these circumstances. On the one hand, I'm pretty much a "I've got nothing to hide" guy. No, really, while there is probably stuff on my phone I'd just as soon not broadcast publicly (on general principle), there's nothing illegal there that … Continue reading “"Your papers (and passwords), please"”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,17,132,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-homeland-security","category-privacy","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132899,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/21\/your-passwords-please.html","url_meta":{"origin":128231,"position":0},"title":""Your passwords, please."","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 21-Feb-17 10:18pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The DHS is floating the idea (again) of requiring visitors (or visa applicants) to the US (specifically from the Evil Six Countries of Evil, but potentially from anywhere) to turn over passwords to their social media and network accounts and other possibly incriminating things.Except, of course, if you were an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131268,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/13\/passwords-are-better-longer-not-more-complex-or-frequently-changed.html","url_meta":{"origin":128231,"position":1},"title":"Passwords are better longer, not more complex or frequently changed","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 13-Aug-16 2:52pm","format":false,"excerpt":"And even the government is beginning to recognize that. 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