Originally Posted by Deeg
Ha. Speaking for me, I'd tell you to shove your form up your behind. The law allows him to search it and does not require compliance with your corporate policy.
Of course, if he tried that with someone with just a bit of determination, he'd see nothing.
Originally Posted by Deeg
A third is that there are some inspection methods and technology that are simply not for public knowledge.
Don't kid yourself--the private sector invented all of them, and sold most of it to the feds.
Originally Posted by Deeg
Agreed. I consider myself to be a rather computer-savvy person, but without either my tools or the owner's cooperation, I wouldn't have a chance of finding well-hidden files.
I can guarantee that without my help (and I'm just a mild-mannered network type) you would never see a thing on my laptop without my consent to a search that I'm not required to give to CBP or anyone else absent a court order.
Alternatively, interagency cooperation to the tune of several days/weeks/months/years of distributed computing time might do it, but I'm quite sure that invoking that kind of cost more than once and finding nothing on this mild-mannered traveler's laptop would quickly result in a serious reaming from the powers-that-be.
My solution would probably be to ask the sup to simply pull the drive and let me go on my way such that I might miss the hours of ensuing carnage and headbanging.
Since the CBP guys would probably detain one as long as possible while all this was happening, I'm really hoping that I have some popcorn handy, because watching it is going to be akin to the keystone cops. Really.
At the end of the day, this is trolling for really stupid purveyors and watchers of kiddie porn. Anyone with anything truly sensitive has it stored in such a way that the local yocals at one's friendly border stop are not going to see it without calling in the reserves from DC.