U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[John Brazier]

A confirmation:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103
030.html

ATB

JB

-----Original Message-----
From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk
[mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk] On Behalf Of Brian Morrison
Sent: 05 August 2008 08:44
To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Subject: Re: U.S. Customs and Border Protection

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:46:16 +0100
Mary Hawking <maryhawking@tigers.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Http://www.cdt.org/security/20080716_CBP%20Search%20Policy.pdf
> This appears to allow US border controls to seize and/or copy any 
> electronically held information with or without any grounds of 
> suspicion.
> Questions
> 1. is this document genuine? The URL came from Computer  Weekly, so I 
> think it probably is.
> 2.If it is, what are the implications for any dealings in the USA, and 
> how does one circumvent it?

Note that the use of these powers is less to do with actually storing the
data on all devices passing through and much more to do with being able to
annoy and harass people who are either viewed as suspicious or who object to
the whole security theatre business and hence need to be made an example of.

-- 

Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk

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