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Laptops across the border searched and copied | by swisscheese | 2008-02-13 10:07:51 |
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LOL! Canada does the same thing | by Havoc | 2008-02-13 11:18:06 |
| There is proof, but it's not the same thing |
by swisscheese |
2008-02-13 11:39:17 |
AFAIK, that's pretty much a child-porn thing -- a truck-driver was this month charged for kiddie-porn found on his laptop when he was crossing the border into Canada (I believe he was Canadian, but I don't recall for sure).
I'm not exactly sure how Canadian law defines child-pornography for these cases these days, but in this case it was real kids, real porn -- nasty stuff, no-one's feeling sorry for the bugger).
If they find any child-pornography on you, you're in trouble.
Also, Canadian border officials / customs officials are known for abusing their powers in their fight against "obscene" materials. There's been a long string of incidents and court-cases involving a gay-and-lesbian bookstore in Vancouver having material confiscated -- even if the same material is readily available at Chapters, Amazon.ca or any other "mainstream" bookstore.
I haven't heard anything about Canadian border officials just copying hard drives on spec, without being able to show cause, though. |
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Ditto the TSA or american border guards | by Havoc | 2008-02-13 11:49:57 |
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Nothing credible? | by vdp | 2008-02-13 11:54:33 |
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Hmmm, interesting, but not problematic | by Havoc | 2008-02-13 12:48:20 |
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As for racial profiling | by Havoc | 2008-02-13 12:55:17 |
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