The right of US border guards to search the laptops will be limited today according to a news post at news site Vnunet. The current policy in the United States poses a risk to anyone traveling to the United States. Border guards can practically search the contents of a laptop including private emails, visited websites [...]
Customs Proofing A Laptop
Discovered the article Security guide to customs-proofing your laptop over at Cnet and thought it would be worth sharing it. It does not really add anything new to the discussion and if you have followed it here (Protect your date when travelling) at my website or at others you might already know every point that [...]
Federal Agents Can Seize Devices And Papers At Borders
The Washington Post published an article about two policies issued by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies. According to those policies border agents can seize any electronic devices, including but not limited to notebooks, PDAs or storage devices and any form of documentation and paper, even in written [...]
Protect your data when travelling to the US
I personally think this is outrageous. Border Agents in the United States can not only search your laptop, mobile phone or any other electronic device that you might be carrying while traveling to the United States; They can also download computer contents or keep it for further examination. There are no written rules yet on [...]
