Sunday, August 10, 2008

People not buying laptop search necessity

If you want some great reading, check out this American Homeland Security page "Answering Questions on Border Laptop Searches". Not so much the article itself, but the reader comments that appear at the bottom. Sample:

"What would keep any terrorist from uploading a file to, say, YouSendIt.com, and downloading it on an internet café PC after entering the US? Having arrived in the 21st century, there is simply no NEED to transfer "illicit data" via a laptop harddisc, CD/DVD, flashdrive or cell phone memory anymore. any terrorist who actually does and tries to cross US borders deserves to be put away for their stupidity."

Another:

"So when you guys copy encrypted data on a laptop and ask for the encryption keys, you're essentially creating a security breach that would have to be reported. Thanks guys, you just made my job and that of anyone in information security that more difficult."

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