Reminds me of how many people were just as quick to defend a government's intrusion on someone's child-bearing.
US Gov can search your hard drive for no reason.
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Reminds me of how many people were just as quick to defend a government's intrusion on someone's child-bearing.
well doing so at random in the street would be something wholly different from doing it upon entering the country, no?If people support this, I'm sure they won't mind being stopped at random in the street for full body cavity searches. I mean, if they're not hiding anything, what's the problem?
I'm usually really quick to defend my right to privacy, but I really can't see the big deal here. They can search your bags too, so why not what's in those bags?
If the randomly searched my HD in the streets or at my home this would be a different story altogether.
I disagree with your 'no reason' assessment. Customs tends not to go into detail unless they feel you're concealing something.
I've never had customs open my bags. I've never given them reason too.
I've never had customs open my bags. I've never given them reason too.
Erik Mesoy
Core Tester / Intern
*encrypts*
Not any more.
I'll have to consider how comparable this is to customs being allowed to search your luggage.
*encrypts*
Not any more.
I'll have to consider how comparable this is to customs being allowed to search your luggage.
Customs can break locks to get into your luggage.
If they run across files they cannot access, they're going to ask you to make them accessible.
hmmm, what then? If you said no, would they have any legal standing to seize your laptop and have it sent somewhere?
bigdog5994
Lady Day
OMG everybody hide cuz they are totally after YOU!!!!!!
This is just a waiver, same as what you see on medicines:
"May cause drowsiness, headaches, vomiting, or anal leakage."
It just means it happened to 1 measily person and they needed to officially state this for the right to do so. Of course it also means some will abuse their authority and do it because they can, especially if you're being a jerk (see local police).
"May cause drowsiness, headaches, vomiting, or anal leakage."
It just means it happened to 1 measily person and they needed to officially state this for the right to do so. Of course it also means some will abuse their authority and do it because they can, especially if you're being a jerk (see local police).
Erik Mesoy
Core Tester / Intern
Who said they'd run across the files?
There's the option of using TrueCrypt or the like, which not only encrypts files, but which can also hide them so that the area where they're written appears to be empty space. The only way to access them is by using TrueCrypt again aimed at that area with the right password. Otherwise, all the computer sees is the equivalent of deleted space from the trashcan, and it'll even get written over if the rest of the free space on the partition gets filled and you try to save more data.Maybe. I don't really care - if there's something I want to keep so secret that I encrypt it and refuse to reveal the key, I'm bloody well not going to use a key that the people at "somewhere" (be it the NSA or whoever) can break.
Wall Of Text on calculational power coming up...
Spoiler :
IN SUMMARY:
Devoted encryption is only beatable by rubber-hose cryptanalysis.
