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What about external drives and encryption?
Do they have the right to search external drives?
What if data on the laptop or drive is encrypted?
Posted by: pauliusp   Posted on: 04/23/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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What about external drives and encryption?  pauliusp | 04/23/08
Ya i would also like an answer to this stuff.  Been_Done_Before | 04/23/08
Hmm  rkoman@... | 04/23/08
They can't make you decrypt them...  vikingnyc@... | 04/24/08
Certainly  rkoman@... | 04/23/08
A Good Question  hforman@... | 04/23/08
RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion  Linux User 147560 | 04/23/08
Extension of home or purse?  rkoman@... | 04/23/08
Maybe Justice Scalia will take Kyllo...  Anton Philidor | 04/23/08
Home vs. mobility  rkoman@... | 04/23/08
Re: Home vs. mobility  DDXHome | 04/23/08
At the border  rkoman@... | 04/25/08
Secrets  hforman@... | 04/23/08
Secrets  rkoman@... | 04/25/08
Extension of Home or Purse  dariced@... | 05/09/08
It would seem the 9th Circuit ....  ShadeTree | 04/23/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 04/23/08
Read the Constitution again...  KaplanMike | 04/23/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 04/23/08
I laugh myself teary-eyed...  Riphly_z | 04/23/08
What? You're way off  John Zern | 04/23/08
George Carlin Said as much...  Riphly_z | 04/23/08
Well said ... and then...  rkoman@... | 04/25/08
This November will be like every other  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
Derived.  rkoman@... | 04/25/08
Your the kind of person...  pcguy777 | 04/23/08
Your the kind of person ....  ShadeTree | 04/24/08
The 9th circuit  deowll | 04/23/08
Each of us are equally up on the law as they are.  Dr_Zinj | 04/24/08
Totally incorrect.  ShadeTree | 04/24/08
So you consider the Fourth Amendment ridiculous do you?  bmerc | 04/24/08
Not even close to what I said..  ShadeTree | 04/25/08
Wrong! interpreting the constitution is about the intent of the framers -NT  raycote | 07/03/08
Have you actually read any 4th Amendment decisions?  rkoman@... | 04/25/08
The death of the 4th Amendment  dariced@... | 05/09/08
The Constitution  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
Re: The Constitution......  middle of nowhere | 07/03/08
No sympathy...  techboy_z | 04/23/08
Porn is not the issue  rkoman@... | 04/23/08
exception  irishpride2275 | 04/23/08
Thank you.  rkoman@... | 04/25/08
Really?  middle of nowhere | 07/03/08
The Border IS the Country  Dr_Zinj | 04/24/08
Not true.  ShadeTree | 04/24/08
Personal papers,,,  Media-Ted@... | 04/24/08
Or at least encrypt your stuff -- duh!  paul@... | 04/23/08
Don't have pictures of children, period.  terry flores | 04/23/08
Islamic Attitude  Dr_Zinj | 04/24/08
definition of child porn  irishpride2275 | 04/23/08
Dude you would be suprised.  deowll | 04/23/08
encrypt your stuff - a good reason they'll take it from you  dariced@... | 05/09/08
This is why I read ZDNet  kcredden2 | 04/23/08
Ya, that'd be great  supercharlie | 04/23/08
It won't capture anyone  LucasKorso | 07/04/08
i see nothing wrong with this it's the law if you don't like it lobby  SO.CAL Guy | 04/23/08
People like you scare the heck out of me  Dr_Zinj | 04/24/08
Idiot, it's not the law. It's unconstitutional.  bmerc | 04/24/08
the court seems to disagree with you i think they know more about the  SO.CAL Guy | 04/25/08
Actually  rkoman@... | 04/25/08
Sorry but it has to be said - YOU ARE AN IGNORANT LITTLE MAN - NT  raycote | 07/03/08
Waves goodbye to privacy  supercharlie | 04/23/08
Random searches  rkoman@... | 04/23/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 04/23/08
That is right and until you ....  ShadeTree | 04/23/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 04/23/08
Are you high?  middle of nowhere | 07/03/08
Constitution applies to all persons, not just citizens.  Dr_Zinj | 04/24/08
Not according to George W. Bush  terry flores | 04/24/08
McCarthyism, anyone? n/t  btljooz | 04/24/08
McCarthyism makes what is taking place now  Ole Man | 04/24/08
So can come and go ...  rkoman@... | 04/25/08
....  Linux User 147560 | 07/04/08
Heres the deal...  supercharlie | 04/23/08
A fine line  John Zern | 04/23/08
Wrong  deowll | 04/23/08
You're so deluded  Dr_Zinj | 04/24/08
I do not think he is deluded  GuidingLight | 04/24/08
Not under the law  rkoman@... | 04/25/08
UNREASONABLE  irishpride2275 | 04/23/08
RE: Unreasonable  AndyCee | 04/24/08
Doesn't work that way, sorry  bmerc | 04/24/08
a piece of ("TOILET") paper apparently.  Ole Man | 04/24/08
RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion  jpratchios@... | 04/23/08
Use Linux to protect your data from snooping  Letophoro | 04/23/08
Assuming they don't know linux....  magcomment | 04/23/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 04/23/08
Ummm..Yes they probably are that dumb  cornpie | 04/23/08
They really are that dumb  Dr_Zinj | 04/24/08
linux  irishpride2275 | 04/23/08
Once again, no they really are that dumb...  cornpie | 04/24/08
Would it be a week or two? And yes, they might only know Windows.  Letophoro | 04/24/08
Wrong Question  croberts | 04/23/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 04/23/08
Encrypted Partitions  endermc12 | 04/23/08
If it's encrypted, they simple hold onto it  KaplanMike | 04/23/08
RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion  david@... | 04/23/08
Well, if it was an old machine ...  deowll | 04/23/08
As if  david@... | 04/24/08
Its a good thing they look  zdnet@... | 04/23/08
What about your thoughts?  shaggyct73 | 04/23/08
There may be reasons.  deowll | 04/23/08
Oh please  Dr_Zinj | 04/24/08
I bet criminals and terrorists encrypt  Your Mom 2.0 | 04/23/08
How big a threat?  deowll | 04/23/08
Exclusionary rule is all but gone ...  terry flores | 04/23/08
new idea?  Dr_Zinj | 04/24/08
Those weren't borders so much as frontiers ...  terry flores | 04/24/08
RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion  Riphly_z | 04/23/08
RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion  irishpride2275 | 04/23/08
RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion  hforman@... | 04/23/08
Some implications...  wizard_of_oz | 04/24/08
Where have you been??  terry flores | 04/24/08
How far will this go within our "Homeland"?  g-man_863 | 04/24/08
I'd like to know where you got this idea ...  terry flores | 04/24/08
Ooops...  g-man_863 | 04/30/08
Um, no.  rkoman@... | 04/25/08
This ruling seems to eliminate "plain view"  g-man_863 | 04/30/08
There's an old saying,  btljooz | 04/24/08
OOPS! Wrong place blush  btljooz | 04/24/08
OK, NOW I see how ZDN has changed things around.  btljooz | 04/24/08
Hey, ZDNet, you need to allow us to edit our  btljooz | 04/24/08
Where do you think you are?  Ole Man | 04/24/08
RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion  drmonteiro@... | 04/24/08
RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion  rkoman@... | 04/25/08
search laptops without suspicion  Lynne's Honey | 04/27/08
He got what he deserved  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion  hitechguy79 | 04/28/08
Never assume a court knows more than you  dariced@... | 05/09/08
RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion  wburr@... | 07/04/08
RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion  sock_it_2_the_man | 07/06/08

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