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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 9:09 pm
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dizzy
 
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Originally Posted by Morrissey
As a practical matter, how is looking at your hard drive any different than customs looking through your books, magazines and legal documents you may be carrying?
I guess it is:
1) The perceived "privacy" attached to having a password (not unlike a diary)
2) The sheer amount of information. If the documents on your computer were printed out, and the pictures printed actual size, I have a feeling most of us would have a least a couple of hundred pounds of paper.

All the more reason for strong encryption (e.g. NOT 3DES)
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