Politics & Van Dwelling and Car Living & Tin Foil Hats 30 Jul 2006 04:29 pm
Can border agents search your laptop too?
The short answer is yes. Sadly. Visit Canada and Mexico wisely folks. I can understand and appreciate the need for border security but for a person who lives in my vehicle I keep my entire life on my computer and I don’t want just anyone poking their nose in there.
I’m really curious what would happen if I was asked and refused to give the myriad of passwords used to protect and encrypt various parts of my system? How long would the work at it if I conveniently forgot the passwords and how long would I rot in jail for refusing to have various federal agents reading though my personal journal or other information that’d not elicit even a momentary glance if held in paper format on my front seat.