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New Senate bill would ban laptop search and seizure

by Charlie Leocha on October 7, 2008

Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., has introduced legislation forbidding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from searches of travelers’ computer hard drives without reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. Tripso has reported on heavy-handed DHS searches and confiscation. It is nice to see that someone in the Senate is paying attention this unfettered federal intrusion into our freedom.

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Warning: US Customs and Border Protection may confiscate your laptop and PDA

by Ned Levi on July 3, 2008

The Fourth Amendment may prohibit “unreasonable searches and seizures” and require “probable cause.” But not at the border. Here’s how to prevent your data from being compromised by a government search.

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