Electronic devices and borders - Re: Possible road trip....Illnois, Canada, Maine and back

[william degnan]

I had fun taking 20 IBM pc's from Montreal to the usa.  I ended up setting
up a broker account to ship items in a rented van.  It was do this or the
items would be impounded.  I had to be escorted by flashing lights custims
police bacj into canada.  You can't simply drive through customs without
correct paperwork.  Stuck at border and customs for 6 hours.
Bill

Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net
On Sep 4, 2015 8:15 PM, "Tothwolf" <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, Toby Thain wrote:
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>> On 2015-09-04 5:20 PM, Jason T wrote:
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>> read my email on my phone
>>>
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>> I hope everyone saw that and understands what it means.
>>
>> Borders have changed. Any data you take across them is fair game.
>>
>
> Indeed they have. ...and things continue to change:
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_v._California
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> https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150818/16495632000/doj-dismisses-case-after-court-explains-that-feds-cant-just-grab-someones-laptop-border.shtml
>
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> https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150511/08053430957/court-rejects-questionable-border-search-laptop-saying-computers-are-not-just-containers.shtml
>