Comments on: Going abroad? Leave the laptop http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/09/14/going-abroad-leave-the-laptop/ Where experience, logic and ideas trump political correctness and the status quo every time Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:28:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Going abroad? Leave the laptop « xinqianwagner http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/09/14/going-abroad-leave-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-5479 Going abroad? Leave the laptop « xinqianwagner Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:45:30 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/?p=549#comment-5479 [...] According to the most recent government “directive” on this subject, issued Aug. more [...] [...] According to the most recent government “directive” on this subject, issued Aug. more [...]

]]> By: John Doe http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/09/14/going-abroad-leave-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-5292 John Doe Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:11:24 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/?p=549#comment-5292 I heard that at border crossings agents can ask you whether you have things like fruits and vegetables in your vehicle (whether they suspect it or not!) and they can even ask you to pull over so they can search your entire trunk for anything they think is illegal! It's time to end the tyranny!!!!!!!! I heard that at border crossings agents can ask you whether you have things like fruits and vegetables in your vehicle (whether they suspect it or not!) and they can even ask you to pull over so they can search your entire trunk for anything they think is illegal!

It’s time to end the tyranny!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Sarah http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/09/14/going-abroad-leave-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-5290 Sarah Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:54:26 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/?p=549#comment-5290 Great. so i'll hold off on buying that new macbook and doing the full transfer until AFTER i've moved out of the country... thanks for the tip! Great. so i’ll hold off on buying that new macbook and doing the full transfer until AFTER i’ve moved out of the country…

thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Going Abroad? Leave your laptop « LADIES LAPTOP BAGS journal posts http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/09/14/going-abroad-leave-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-5213 Going Abroad? Leave your laptop « LADIES LAPTOP BAGS journal posts Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:23:51 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/?p=549#comment-5213 [...] The huge expansion of the universe of possible offenses for which an individual can be charged, coupled with the massive increase in the amount of information that can be stored on even the cheapest of modern electronic devices, has caused many privacy advocates and civil libertarians to question the propriety if not the constitutionality of this vast expansion of the government’s “border search” power. In the absence of legislation placing reasonable limits on this power, the 1,000 such searches just of laptops the government said it has conducted in the last year, will expand exponentially. via blogs.ajc.com [...] [...] The huge expansion of the universe of possible offenses for which an individual can be charged, coupled with the massive increase in the amount of information that can be stored on even the cheapest of modern electronic devices, has caused many privacy advocates and civil libertarians to question the propriety if not the constitutionality of this vast expansion of the government’s “border search” power. In the absence of legislation placing reasonable limits on this power, the 1,000 such searches just of laptops the government said it has conducted in the last year, will expand exponentially. via blogs.ajc.com [...]

]]> By: Going abroad? Leave the laptop | The Barr Code | Ladies Laptop Bags Du Jour http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/09/14/going-abroad-leave-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-5212 Going abroad? Leave the laptop | The Barr Code | Ladies Laptop Bags Du Jour Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:19:32 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/?p=549#comment-5212 [...] The huge expansion of the universe of possible offenses for which an individual can be charged, coupled with the massive increase in the amount of information that can be stored on even the cheapest of modern electronic devices, has caused many privacy advocates and civil libertarians to question the propriety if not the constitutionality of this vast expansion of the government’s “border search” power. In the absence of legislation placing reasonable limits on this power, the 1,000 such searches just of laptops the government said it has conducted in the last year, will expand exponentially. via blogs.ajc.com [...] [...] The huge expansion of the universe of possible offenses for which an individual can be charged, coupled with the massive increase in the amount of information that can be stored on even the cheapest of modern electronic devices, has caused many privacy advocates and civil libertarians to question the propriety if not the constitutionality of this vast expansion of the government’s “border search” power. In the absence of legislation placing reasonable limits on this power, the 1,000 such searches just of laptops the government said it has conducted in the last year, will expand exponentially. via blogs.ajc.com [...]

]]> By: David http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/09/14/going-abroad-leave-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-5189 David Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:40:48 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/?p=549#comment-5189 This must be what conservatives mean by "keeping government out of our lives." This must be what conservatives mean by “keeping government out of our lives.”

]]> By: joe matarotz http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/09/14/going-abroad-leave-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-5187 joe matarotz Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:06:48 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/?p=549#comment-5187 False alarm. With all this talk about losing my freedom, it got me to thinking, "Where is it?" So I went home and checked last night and it was right where I always keep it. No freedom lost. I'm relieved. Ya had me worried for a second. False alarm. With all this talk about losing my freedom, it got me to thinking, “Where is it?” So I went home and checked last night and it was right where I always keep it. No freedom lost. I’m relieved. Ya had me worried for a second.

]]> By: Tom http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/09/14/going-abroad-leave-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-5185 Tom Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:31:25 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/?p=549#comment-5185 Yep PD, you can ship your laptop to yourself and guess where you'll probably have to go to pick it up, a U.S. Customs office. They'll probably ask you why you shipped it instead of carrying it into the U.S. Hope you have a good answer. Of course, just because you shipped it doesn't mean that it hasn't been searched, scanned and analyzed. Also, you better be able to prove ownership and value. You would have had to furnish value information on the export documentatoin (yes,you are exporting your laptop to the US) that you would have been required to submit to the shipping company. It isn't simple. Yep PD, you can ship your laptop to yourself and guess where you’ll probably have to go to pick it up, a U.S. Customs office. They’ll probably ask you why you shipped it instead of carrying it into the U.S. Hope you have a good answer. Of course, just because you shipped it doesn’t mean that it hasn’t been searched, scanned and analyzed.

Also, you better be able to prove ownership and value. You would have had to furnish value information on the export documentatoin (yes,you are exporting your laptop to the US) that you would have been required to submit to the shipping company.

It isn’t simple.

]]> By: Eric http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/09/14/going-abroad-leave-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-5182 Eric Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:37:50 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/?p=549#comment-5182 This is a horrible situation--of great national concern that our electronic media is subject to search, "just because." Thanks for reporting again, Mr. Barr. Maybe the time has come to do away with all this technology mess anyway. Let's go back to the blue Bellsouth trimline (land line) phones and drop texting, etc. Life back in the 1970s was the last great decade of America before all the consumerism and technology in our midst today. This is a horrible situation–of great national concern that our electronic media is subject to search, “just because.” Thanks for reporting again, Mr. Barr. Maybe the time has come to do away with all this technology mess anyway. Let’s go back to the blue Bellsouth trimline (land line) phones and drop texting, etc. Life back in the 1970s was the last great decade of America before all the consumerism and technology in our midst today.

]]> By: whatever http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/09/14/going-abroad-leave-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-5179 whatever Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:06:12 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/?p=549#comment-5179 and before anyone goes off the hook alleging an additional patriot act conspiracy, its called Export controls. and before anyone goes off the hook alleging an additional patriot act conspiracy, its called Export controls.

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