27th
June
2008
Welcome back to the United States. Now let’s see what’s on your laptop
“Authorities need a search warrant to get at a computer in your home, and reasonable suspicion that you’re up to no good to search your laptop in other places (like if you’re surfing bomb-making sites while using WiFi at a coffee shop).
But the rules change when you’re crossing the border back into the United States. And that has raised concerns from business travelers, privacy advocates and some lawmakers about the vulnerability of the huge amounts of information people carry on their laptops and other digital devices.”

