{"id":40264,"date":"2014-01-01T14:59:14","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T21:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/01\/all-your-computers-are-belong-to-us.html"},"modified":"2014-01-07T11:21:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T18:21:50","slug":"all-your-computers-are-belong-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/01\/all-your-computers-are-belong-to-us.html","title":{"rendered":"All your computers are belong to us"},"content":{"rendered":"
A judge rules that border searches of computers and phones, for any (or no reason) whatsoever, are perfectly legal because (a) they have obviously (though not in publicly presented evidence) been important in preventing Many Horrible Terrorist Acts, and vaguely handwaved \u00a0Evil Terrorists allow any and all rights to be suspended, and (b) people who travel internationally don't really need to bring phones and computers if they are afraid of confidential information being searched. No, really. Leave your laptop at home. \u00a0Just, y'know, rent one over there. Or something.<\/p>\n

Besides, the NSA has already read it.<\/p>\n

Oh, and nobody who hasn't actually been searched has any standing because (maybe) there aren't a lot of searches going on every day (at the moment; I'm sure the court will actively monitor the practice for some magical number of too many to be reached). Of course, there aren't a lot of terror attacks every day, either, but, hey, logic only works so far, right?<\/p>\n

And, of course, the policy is that "at the border'" means within 100 miles of an international border. For now.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Brandon Downey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A disappointing decision, but not unsurprising.<\/p>\n

The only sad part is the judge questioning the need to travel with electronic devices, after which he returned home on a horse and buggy waiting outside.\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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District Judge Upholds Government\u2019s Right to Search Electronics at Border<\/a>
\n Judge Edward R. Korman of the Eastern District of New York found that the government does not need reasonable suspicion to examine or confiscate a traveler’s electronic device.\n <\/p>\n

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A judge rules that border searches of computers and phones, for any (or no reason) whatsoever, are perfectly legal because (a) they have obviously (though not in publicly presented evidence) been important in preventing Many Horrible Terrorist Acts, and vaguely handwaved \u00a0Evil Terrorists allow any and all rights to be suspended, and (b) people who … Continue reading “All your computers are belong to us”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-homeland-security","category-privacy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128544,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/04\/your-laptop-is-not-just-a-container-legally-at-least.html","url_meta":{"origin":40264,"position":0},"title":"Your laptop is not just a "container" (legally, at least)","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 4-Nov-15 11:36pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A judge has ruled that laptops are more than just crates and cargo that can be willy-nilly seized and searched -- without a warrant -- in the border zone or at international airports. 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