Comments on: Tell The Bush Administration: Hands Off My Laptop

By: seolala

seolala — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:16:21 +0000

I have a GPS system on my car bought from http://www.lweshop.com/ and it really has helped enormously in finding new locations. I found this blog most interesting as I didn’t realize all of the wide range of applications out there today for GPS technology

By: Brain From Planet Arous

Brain From Planet Arous — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:41:30 +0000

Another aspect is planting evidence, such child porn or bomb plans, on someone they don’t like, and say they found a criminal. Try and talk your way out of that.

By: fletc3her

fletc3her — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:06:31 +0000

This is having a real effect. I’m going to a conference later this year in Chicago and over the last couple weeks I’m already hearing from people coming from Europe that they’re concerned about their laptops being seized. Many small business owners have all their business files on the laptop not to mention personal files. These kinds of fascist policies make the Europeans nervous about visiting our country. In the future, we will probably need to hold our conferences overseas to encourage more foreign participation.

By: Brain From Planet Arous

Brain From Planet Arous — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:20:53 +0000

OSX has TrueCrypt. Partition the drive, hide the partition you want secret, and they can only see the partition that is visible.

Windows can be set up the same way, as can Linux. As far as TSA and Fatherland Security Cro-Magnons can see, you only have one drive.

By: Witch1

Witch1 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:37:24 +0000

#50 DRXj, ROFLAO. There you go again calling little d on his habit’s..Look forward to some handy dandy scripture’s on this one….Blessings

By: DRxJ

DRxJ — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:29:47 +0000

Parodyll Says:
This rule is completely contradictive to TSA’s current actions. Last week at Reagan National Airport, my computer was checked and I was only traveling from Washington, DC to South Bend, IN, not outside of the country.

So, how embarrassed where you when they found the web addresses of “Guys Gone Wild” and a receipt for the prototype Penile Pump Enlarger 3000?

By: ennealogic

ennealogic — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:31:28 +0000

My employer provides me with a laptop which is exclusively for work purposes. Even though the contents are encrypted at the hard drive level, I have sworn to keep that laptop protected and out of the hands of anyone not authorized to open it. If I fail, I could be fired or even prosecuted.

So if I am traveling for business purposes and TSA wants to keep my laptop for a week, just what in the hell am I supposed to do?

At this point, I think I’d have to leave the line in security and not take the trip. Anyone else have any better suggestions?

By: eztempo

eztempo — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:17:53 +0000

Just after saying that copies of data “must be destroyed” if no incriminating evidence is found, the Post article says, “Copies sent to non-federal entities must be returned to DHS.”

I want to know what 3rd party, “non-federal” businesses or agencies get to peek at my personal info & passwords! And they merely have to “return” the original copy?! Seems that the reporting has some ways to go on this story.

By: had enough

had enough — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:06:10 +0000

#46 Daryll

Well then maybe you will be an Obama supporter… a true Godly truthful man?

By: had enough

had enough — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:29:10 +0000

Isn’t it amazing the level of investigation, search and loss of privacy to American citizens, and yet 9/11, the genesis of all this had a joke of an investigation?

By: tbone

tbone — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:55:37 +0000

I don’t know about anyone else, but I would rather risk death in a terrorist attack than live in my own country as a suspected criminal.

This paranoia and fear of our own citizens must stop.

By: linda

linda — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:22:49 +0000

and you can bet your sweet ass that anyone signing that petition to border security will have their name tagged and flagged for future action.

By: celtic cynic

celtic cynic — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:18:57 +0000

You will have to pry my cold, dead hands from my laptop, PDA, cell phone, iPod, Blackberry, voice recorder, whatever, before I relinquish it to the New Gestapo.

By: citizen_pain

citizen_pain — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:11:04 +0000

To echo some posts above:

George Bu$h and his neocon handlers have consistently been outsmarted by the cave dwelling terrorists. After all, Osama has been given on a silver platter everything he wanted from us: Bogged down in a war of attrition in the middle east surrounded by enemies, our reputation in the world shattered, treasury bankrupt, and a free society changed forever.

And you think they’d be stupid enough to enter the country with a power point presentation on a laptop, detailing their plot to blow some shit up?
Please.

This has nothing to do with fighting Islamic terrorism. It’s all about domestic terrorism being waged by the USA on it’s own citizens.

We’re screwed.

By: citizen_pain

citizen_pain — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:11:03 +0000

To echo some posts above:

And you think they’d be stupid enough to enter the country with a power point presentation on a laptop, detailing their plot to blow some shit up?
Please.

This has nothing to do with fighting Islamic terrorism. It’s all about domestic terrorism being waged by the USA on it’s own citizens.

We’re screwed.

By: ScaryBrownHusseinChick (ThinkOutsideTheBush)

ScaryBrownHusseinChick (ThinkOutsideTheBush) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:02:43 +0000

Statistics show that the laptops with the largest porn collections don’t get returned anytime soon.

By: Witch1

Witch1 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:51:09 +0000

Tokin Librul #31…Yep! .Guess you haven’t read some of my rant’s of late…And it make’s me ill, after 45+ year’s of working for civil right’s,the constitution, anti war, wildlife and enviroment all but a couple in office are distroying the constitution and the world..After all this I now have become the bad person for refusing to vote for a candidate that voted for FISA….Kinda funny really..Guess witch burning will return next…You all have a good day, if you can..I’m off to feed bird’s, walk the Bear and hug some tree’s….Blessings

By: Briseadh na Faire

Briseadh na Faire — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:47:53 +0000

DRxJ Says: “…it would be in violation of HIPPA if they ever opened up those files.”

Then there’s the issue of international lawyers carrying a lot of attorney-client privileged information with them. It doesn’t take a great stretch of imagination to see how access to such information could and would be misused. (Especially when one considers the influence of Corporate Lobbyists. Imagine being able to use Government agents to access competitor’s trade secrets.)

Speaking of “government agents” we must remember that much, if not all, of this screening is performed by private contractors. And we’ve all seen how private contractors, be they Blackwater or Telecoms, are insulated from any liability, civil or criminal, for violating our Constitutional Rights.

By: mary

mary — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:46:12 +0000

liberal traitor – you are a braver soul than I. Cheers!

By: tokin librul

tokin librul — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:42:46 +0000

They’re not burning unapproved books yet, right?
August 1st, 2008 at 11:40 am

They keep the list of burnable books secret.
A couple of years ago, a friend of mine had a book by Kevin Philips confiscated at the Denver airport…

Denver?

What’s familiar about Denver?

Big meeting there soon, innit?

About freedom and shit…