I would like to point out that the same rights available to search vehicles and persons coming into the country are available, though arent enforced as heavily, to vehicles and persons leaving the country, I dont have the time to find the specific section in 8 USC dealing with this though a current news article is included below for your perusal.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/border/116595.php On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Mixon Bill <bmixon...@austin.rr.com> wrote: > Surely the authority of the customs people to inspect vessels or vehicles > applies only to those that have been outside the United States? > > Anyway, there was an amusing thing in the news a few months ago. Some guy > came into the US from Canada and somehow the customs people learned that > there was kiddy porn on his laptop computer and arrested him. However, the > files were encrypted, and even the feds were unable to break the encryption > and prove it. Courts ruled that the defendent could not be required to give > up the key to the code. (I suspect this might have been a deliberate test > case, with the offending image deliberately out where the customs inspector > would see it.) > > Drive them crazy. Get PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) and encrypt lots of > perfectly innocent stuff on your computer. Don't use some wimpy encryption > facility that comes with your operating system; it is probably not > NSA-proof. (Actually, of course, unless you deliberately do something to > make them suspicious--not recommended--, it is extremely unlikely that > they'll ever check.) It would be really nice if it was easy and convenient > to encrypt everything, including all voice communications. But almost nobody > really cares about his privacy. Witness all those people who travel around > with their cell phones turned on, making it possible to track them in real > time. > --Mixon > ---------------------------------------- > A fearless man cannot be brave. > ---------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu > AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > >
