tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21633793.post115610066549246812..comments2023-12-12T03:19:42.467-05:00Comments on CYB3RCRIM3: TSA Copying Hard Drives? 4th Amendment Issues?Susan Brennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575138839291052258noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21633793.post-90749457406430052432010-02-12T13:32:51.404-05:002010-02-12T13:32:51.404-05:00There have also been developments in terms of new ...There have also been developments in terms of new regulations governing border searches of laptops and other electronic media.<br /><br />You can read about them here, and find a link to the site where they're posted (along with updates):<br /><br />http://cyb3rcrim3.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-border-search-directives.htmlSusan Brennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575138839291052258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21633793.post-84675281853477896292010-02-12T13:31:14.483-05:002010-02-12T13:31:14.483-05:00There have been updates -- as far as the 5th Amend...There have been updates -- as far as the 5th Amendment issue is concerned -- since I did that post.<br /><br />If you check out this post, <br /><br />http://cyb3rcrim3.blogspot.com/2009/03/5th-amendment-bummer.html<br /><br />it'll let you access both of them. As I explain in this post, I think the magistrate was correct in the initial opinion, holding that you can take the 5th Amendment and refuse to give up an encryption key. So far, there haven't been any other reported cases on the issue, and I don't know if Boucher is going to appeal the decision this post deals with.Susan Brennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575138839291052258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21633793.post-45502980092417739862010-02-12T12:29:21.126-05:002010-02-12T12:29:21.126-05:00Susan, are there any updates? I just read the foll...Susan, are there any updates? I just read the following comment at another website, and hope you can respond (thanks):<br /> I have one laptop for both work and personal, and it locked down insanely tightly, encrypted directories, encrypted swap etc... But if the TSA has the 'right' to take files at will then they likely have the 'right' to compel you to reveal a password. Failure to do so could land my arse in jail, and I'd rather not go there. I do realize the courts have ruled that not sharing a password is protected by the 5th Amendment whereas not turning over a physical key isn't, but actions like this could shoot holes in that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21633793.post-1161166717634083382006-10-18T06:18:00.000-04:002006-10-18T06:18:00.000-04:00It's a very good point, and I'm at fault: I refer...It's a very good point, and I'm at fault: I referred to TSA (for reasons that don't matter here), but the screening of this type actually seems to be carried out by Customs Agents.<BR/><BR/>I heard about a case recently in which agents went through the hard drive of a laptop being carried into this country, by a citizen, and the files he had on an external hard drive. The owner of the laptop consented (though there is some dispute as to the voluntariness of his consent), and the agents then took both the laptop and the hard drive away and went through them for some time . . . during which, of course, they found child pornography, which resulted in the owner's being tried.<BR/><BR/>So, you're right and I'm sorry.Susan Brennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575138839291052258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21633793.post-1161139283693242112006-10-17T22:41:00.000-04:002006-10-17T22:41:00.000-04:00I'm an airport sceeener and I would like to know e...I'm an airport sceeener and I would like to know exactly how we are supposed to be copying the information from hard drives while in front of passengers within a time period of less than a minute. Any information describing how this copying is conducted would make for interesting reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com