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  • Laptops can be confiscated and searched at US border without cause

    08/01/2008 10:07:50 AM PDT · by cowtowney · 23 replies · 233+ views
    Engadget ^ | 8/1/2008 | Joshua Topolsky
    In further evidence of our rapidly eroding civil liberties, the Department of Homeland Security disclosed today that US Customs and Border Protection and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement have the right to confiscate and search a traveler's laptop or other electronic device without any suspicion of wrongdoing. The rules -- which we reported on in February -- allow for searches of hard drives, flash drives, cellphones, iPods, pagers, and video or audio tapes, and specify that the agencies can "detain" belongings for a "reasonable period of time," (i.e., as long as they please). Additionally, the DHS can share the data...