Border Policies for Laptops, etc.
An article on the front page of today's Washington Post describes the policies announced two weeks ago that allow Federal agents at the border to take electronic devices (including laptops) away for "an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing."
The policies do seem rather broad (!), and the front page article is likely to generate more discussion, which is all to the good.
From a technology standpoint, this is just another reminder that we need up to date external backups at all times because in addition to theft and damage, we now have to worry about being relieved of our electronic devices at the border.
The policies do seem rather broad (!), and the front page article is likely to generate more discussion, which is all to the good.
From a technology standpoint, this is just another reminder that we need up to date external backups at all times because in addition to theft and damage, we now have to worry about being relieved of our electronic devices at the border.
posted by Jesse at
8/01/2008
1 Comments:
Jaimie and I were planning on taking a computer on our trip to Quebec. Thank goodness it's not necessary that we have it with us. We won't be taking it with us, now. What an outrageuos practice!
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