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L8bloomer -> RE: Laptop Seized for Gay Porn at CA/US Border (8/25/2008 1:00:15 AM)
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Wow. This is disturbing. I guess I should count myself fortunate in that the number of times I've crossed the border with my laptop, I haven't had it searched beyond the usual wipedown to detect explosives. I guess profiling works in my favour because I look whitebread and straight-laced. Mind you, even if they looked, they would have a prolonged search before they would find anything "seditious". I don't use "porn" as an identifier. Although...I do have some pictures of me in an obvious spot (photos). I wonder if it's possible to have one's computer confiscated for having nekkid pictures of one's self on it. I wonder if any of my "bookmarks" would constitute being obscene. The mind boggles.
I hope those in the linked story are able to fight this successfully.
I know one time when I returned home (to Canada) from a job interview in the USA, I didn't have any meaningful identification with me (obviously before 9-11) and I was given a hard time by the border officer in attempting to prove I was Canadian. I think my "I don't give a shit" attitude in responding to a bunch of asinine questions (about the sports teams in communities where I grew up - places I hadn't been to in over 15 years) was what finally convinced them I wasn't an illegal trying to get in. Had I really been illegal, I would have tried to answer everything, I suppose.
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