2. If you must travel to the U.S., don't fly.
3. If you must fly, don't bring a laptop.
4. If you must bring a laptop, for God's sake learn how to use some kind of encryption software.
DHS contends that travelers' computers can also contain child pornography, intellectual property offenses, or terrorist secrets.
Whoa. The Department of Homeland Security is now doing I.P. enforcement!
Maybe they can team up with Microsoft and the RIAA, and getcha for your downloaded mp3's and your pirate install of Windows while searching your drive for terrorist secrets.
3 comments:
Encryption only works if you are not like the idiot who actually showed customs his child porn on his laptop.
It was password protected, and now, after some legal advice, he won't tell them the password so they can't prosecute him.
Have you seen those new ads in Taiwan that say that the company's owners are responsible for their employees using fake software?
I guess that makes sense, but I'm not sure every boss is really up on this stuff in Taiwan.
Red A
"As a result, some companies have instituted policies that require employees to travel with clean machines: free of corporate data."
That sounds fun. I have been using Google Docs for some of my business work lately, so this would be the way to go in these cases. If only their spreadsheet wasn't so slow.
"Encryption only works if you are not like the idiot who actually showed customs his child porn on his laptop."
I'm looking at a program called Truecrypt, and it looks pretty badass. It encrypts, hides data, lets you set up a fake password, etc. Hah! My terrorist secrets wil be safe!
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