I think this is just one of those things that is being spun around and being made to look like a big deal when it really is not. It's not like they'll just swarm your house and browse your HDD or anything like that. I'm sure this is just being put in place for the authorities to reserve the right to be able to view an HDD if they have strong reason to suspect that there's incriminating files (ie. Child Porn) located on it. Keep in mind I'm sure there's serious restrictions put in place for them to even be able to do this, though I don't know all of the details specifically.
I believe the push to enact this policy was largely in part because of an incident that involved a Border Guard who saw Child Porn on a laptop of somebody crossing the border and the laptop ended up locking itself after they closed it and they couldn't get back in. Having the right for them to have access to an HDD under certain circumstances isn't necessarily a bad thing.
It is not that big of a deal.
Probably isn't. I just don't like the idea that the government doesn't legally need evidence anymore to search someone.
They want to use what you have on your HDD as the evidence. If they don't have resonable suspcion in the first place, they're not going to waste their time.
Don't search warrants grant them that already?
yes, but not if they got the suspicion of illegal activity in an illegal manner
I think this is just one of those things that is being spun around and being made to look like a big deal when it really is not. It's not like they'll just swarm your house and browse your HDD or anything like that. I'm sure this is just being put in place for the authorities to reserve the right to be able to view an HDD if they have strong reason to suspect that there's incriminating files (ie. Child Porn) located on it. Keep in mind I'm sure there's serious restrictions put in place for them to even be able to do this, though I don't know all of the details specifically.
I believe the push to enact this policy was largely in part because of an incident that involved a Border Guard who saw Child Porn on a laptop of somebody crossing the border and the laptop ended up locking itself after they closed it and they couldn't get back in. Having the right for them to have access to an HDD under certain circumstances isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Whisper said:This is not democracy. Searching everyone without a reasonable suspicion.
Whisper said:Probably isn't. I just don't like the idea that the government doesn't legally need evidence anymore to search someone.
Its already hard to find a gun shop that isn't low on guns in the US.
Everyone's getting ready for the downfall of the US.
Silly way-too-far-right American Republicans.
Just remember, The Patriot Act, signed by your #1 guy
I don't remember ron paul signing it into effect...
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Nazi Germany ressurecting here in a new form?
Just remember, The Patriot Act, signed by your #1 guy