Civil Rights group warns of possible seizures of electronic devices at borders.

by: Rob Knight Monday, May 5th, 2008

Rating: how to disrupt international business.

Textually.org have a worrying piece about how a recent district court “ruling upholding seizures of electronic devices, such as laptops and iPhones, at the U.S. border” could mean that business and personal data could be at risk when travelling.

Apparently three dozen organisation including “civil-rights advocates, academic groups, and religious and minority groups — sent an open letter to four congressional committees, asking that their members consider legislation to “protect all Americans against suspicionless digital border inspections.”"

The EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation have an article with various solutions on how to protect your data along with further information about the story.

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