You Can't Make Mistakes.

but your laptop closer.

An article on Slashdot [http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/01/0958242] this morning discusses the Department of Homeland Security’s policies regarding the seizure of laptops and other personal data storage devices at border patrol points. Apparently this also includes scraps of paper which may be in your pockets. The scary part about this policy is that it extends to American citizens as well.

I myself have nothing to hide on my laptop, but I also have data that I don’t want anyone else to have. My research and writing is all on there. Possibly credit card data, who knows? I feel like this is privacy-invasion-ey. I’m getting a little sick of terrorism as a crutch for stripping away civil rights. Where do we live again?

I’ll probably be arrested at the airport later this month after writing this blog. Kidding. Kind of.

Any thoughts?