US Border Agency Says It Can Seize Laptops

[IrieIrie]

US Border Agency Says It Can Seize Laptops - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080801/tc_pcworld/149303)

where did our bill of rights go?

[apocolips31]

That is the good old USA taking your rights away one at a time....

[killerweed420]

Yep Clearly unconstitional but they want to save us from the terrorists hiding behind every bush or is it cheney.

[IrieIrie]

the only terrorists i know are hiding behind white walls in D.C.

[theforthdrive]

what bothers me most is that once they take it....good luck getting it back. most of us have comps for business/school. losing that data could be disastrous! but hey, we are saving the world right!

[GreenDestiny]

awwww hell no, I read about this crap before they decided to start this policy... and now they've gone and done it!


The days of smuggling your ipod mini up your ass has finally arrived!

And have fun encrypting/backing up all your files on your lappy before traveling abroad.

[Breukelen advocaat]

the only terrorists i know are hiding behind white walls in D.C.
Then you are badly misinformed.

[IrieIrie]

i'm sure what you and i consider terrorists are two different things. it wasn't men with box cutters who flew planes into the world trade center or the pentagon or a field in pennsylvania, it was set up by government.

[NaughtyDreadz]

man... that sounds like a scam if I've ever heard one... too hilarious...

"yeah give us your laptop... you might disable it and turn it into bomb.... what?? you bought that... well hand it over... YOINK!"

HAHAHA tellin you man... you guys owe china so much, they b stealin your laptops to pay off the debt, ...:wtf:

WATCHOUT!!!!

[Breukelen advocaat]

i'm sure what you and i consider terrorists are two different things. it wasn't men with box cutters who flew planes into the world trade center or the pentagon or a field in pennsylvania, it was set up by government.
That's a topic for the conspiracy forum.

[fishman3811]

Another step closer to being a police state,your founding fathers would be turning in their graves.....

[jessejames12345]

:jointsmile:This is insane. I travel the boarder frequently, and take my laptop with me .

I've never had it searched, but never new they had the right to, and WITHOUT CAUSE ...WTF.

Well now Ill be leaving my laptop at home. Great. Only because I dont want some punk lazy boarder guard stealing it from me with the support of my wonderful government.

nice. one more reason to move to the mexican riveara :rastasmoke:

[IrieIrie]

Another step closer to being a police state,your founding fathers would be turning in their graves.....

you said it, i think this all the time.