ping!
I suspect it means the same thing as any state that borders the Atlantic or Pacific ocean. It is but one more step to have no presumption of privacy at all and that is coming.
The Supremes have to date ruled that the “border exemption” applies only at ports, border crossing sites and functional equivalents such as international airports.
I believe books, papers and other personal items have always been subject to search when entering this country. Electronic media, while likely to contain a lot more information, are simply an extrapolation of this practice.
Yea, I’m about 120 miles from the border and work often brings me inside the zone. I no longer go out of the country.
I understand the principle behind the outrage but personally I’m well beyond it. I think that Øbozo is an incipient tyrant and dictator. He’ll tell you himself that he’s impatient for Congress to do his will and so he’s got his pen and his cellphone.
So when I travel I use a laptop that has only the bare essentials. No cached passwords, no links to personal accounts, and no questionable documents. If they want in I’ll protest but if they succeed then good luck getting past the PGP disk encryption. And even if they do then I’ve set up a booby-trap account that wipes the data folder if you log onto it.
I conduct my business as though I’m operating in enemy territory because.....I’m operating in enemy territory. ;’)
I believe that the US, like the UK, now has an unwritten Constitution. It’s flexible. It suits the needs of the decision-makers. Your inalienable rights have become unimportant.
“The founding fathers never explicitly discussed laptop computers.” < /some wise latina probably >
someone’s going to make millions with a hard drive destruction algorithm that can be remotely activated, say from a keyfob. “Yeah, sure - go ahead and confiscate my computer!”
The USA is no longer a nation of laws, it is a nation of men. And those “men” in fedgov positions of authority are tyrants.
Time to water the Tree.
Try also Wa., Or.,Id.,Mt.,Nd.,Mn.,Wi., Ak.,Ca.,Az.,Nm.,Tx,La.,Ms.,Al.,Fl.,Ga.,SC.,Nc.,Va.,Md.,De.,Nj.,Ny.,Ct.,Ri., Ma., Me. etc. just to name a few. You get what I mean. The whole damn country falls under this unconstitutional ruling.
New practice.
Backup your laptop BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
How bout if you live withing 100 miles of the geographical center of the United States?
Liking Kansas more and more every day.
If you like your laptop you can keep it. Period.
If you like your privacy you can keep it. Period.
If you like your Constitution you can keep it. Period.
This is what they do. They swear that they respect the Constitution, but then find ways to make it invalid.
It’s the American way. Deny you’re doing it. Give it a nice-sounding name. Go right on doing what you always did.