If Your Hard Drive Could Testify ...

"Rummaging through a computer’s hard drive, the government says, is no different than looking through a suitcase."

I agree there's no difference, but neither should be allowed unless the police have a valid and justified search warrant.

<blockquote> valid and justified search warrant </blockquote> Just have to mutter "terrorist prevention", and it become the magic key...... <p>---<br>"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." <br />
-Max Planck<br />
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Yeah, these days even a when the cops get a search warrant it's still nothing but a farce.

HAIL HARPER! HAIL HAIL ...

like family photos or a ton of other stuff....which tends to include 'child' 'p0rn' and browser cache files if you use hotels in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Cuba, Phoenix, AZ, Copenhagen, EU or anywhere else.

But then again...if you store any pr0n of any kind?

...can you be sure, everything you look at is |insert local_ID Country Code legal age_|

Will sex offender lists be the new 'addict' after they legalize marijuana?

The Corporatist State always needs leverage and lots of 'magical thinking'.

Or Can you still be law-abiding citizen, who pays taxes, smokes a joint, strokes free pr0n, and laughs at the police state in the same way folks did back in 2004?

Didn't think so...it's much more serious now

The fact is that all sorts of crap can get on your computer without your knowledge. For example, viruses are a constant menace, yet when you get screwed by one, you are generally considered an innocent victim, but if something illegal ends up on your PC, well you're automatically out of luck.

We can no longer travel by "legal" means, since we're all potential criminals now, to be searched at random for no legitimate reason at all. I say bring on the fictional terrorists, they are a great deal more agreeable than the police state we find ourselves locked up in.