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Originally Posted by omk3
Does this actually happen? I fly a lot, though only within Europe, and thankfully it has never happened to me, but then there are not real borders any more in Europe. What is the justification? Is it supposed to be a search for smuggled goods, like with expensive electronics? If it happens, it is outrageous, but then we have already kissed our privacy goodbye when we step into an airport...  |
It does happen at the US border but with the justification being "terrorism" (generic catch-all) or child pornography (another generic catch-all) two things it's impossible to argue against no matter how absurd the measures taken but from my reading of the leaked ATCA stuff there's a provision for doing this for copyright. I'll admit though that that isn't the purpose just the justification go to fishing in people's data. Still I'd very much for people to say this type of "IP enforcement" is a step too far.
Edit: I should point out that it doesn't always happen. My belongings have been searched but not my data personally. There's stories of them using some profiling such as picking out middle aged men coming back from countries known for sex tourism. That tends to not apply to me not being a man.