[M1 Garand 30-06]

Now can we enforce our borders against illegals?

[singfreedom]

Jeez, to bad all judges don't feel the same way!

[dennisw]

Deleted photos? The guy should not have agreed to a search but this still is a very harsh sentence. I wish we were as vigorous in deporting illegal alien criminals.

[DB]

Well I have a problem with convicting people of child porn simply because there are deleted images in their browser's cache.

Numerous times while doing a Web search using Google (or another search engine) I've landed on a porn site with no way of knowing that's where the link was going to take me.

It happened recently while searching for a specific model of compact fluorescent light bulbs of all things... The link said it was a supplier. The actual site was not.

So if that happened to be child porn site instead of adult porn, I could lose 10 to 15 years of my life???

That's ridiculous. I strongly disagree with that. I think to get a conviction there should be evidence that the person in question paid for the images. The server side is a different matter. Paying for the images proves intent. It also is what actually causes harm to the children. On the server side, if they knowing host child porn, let them rot in jail.

[Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek]

A short time ago, my company enforced a new security policy of PGP encrypting every laptop hard drive in the inventory. The concern was preventing theft of confidential information in the event of a lost or stolen laptop. Happily, this should also be a good defense against such government over-reach as this. For those who are managing their own laptop, this might be a good precaution to consider. Some users have reported performance problems with their installation, but I've had no difficulty, and it's nice to know that my data is secure (or at least "PGP secure" - - - who knows what tricks NSA and similar agencies have up their sleeves, but at least most thieves will be unable to get at the data, and probably border guards as well).

[driftdiver]

"But Brennan and Marshall were outvoted by their fellow justices, who ruled that the drug war trumped privacy, citing a "veritable national crisis in law enforcement caused by smuggling of illicit narcotics." Today their decision means that laptop-toting travelers should expect no privacy either."

So once again the drug war is used to trump our rights. gee who woulda thought /sarc

[TChris]

For Windows, get Eraser

Use it regularly to securely erase deleted files.

[thinking]

All this illustrates an interesting situation....suppose I buy a used laptop, and I go across a border....the computer could well be a ticket to a long time out....serious concern for sure....