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> [proving intent is] essentially impossible if you have a device that never contained sensitive data in any form. I'd like to see a short story based on this
by iak8god 9y ago
> [proving intent is] essentially impossible if you have a device that never contained sensitive data in any form.
I'd like to see a short story based on this premise: man is arrested and tried for crossing the border with a brand new phone, having left his usual phone at home. The prosecution argues that since he presumably usually keeps sensitive information on his phone, not copying that data to the phone he was carrying proves his intent to hide information from border police.
- khedoros1 9y agoI think it's a race already, between the story being written and it actually happening to someone.
- no1youknowz 9y ago> he presumably usually keeps sensitive information Wouldn't they have to argue that he was a person of interest for some time now. That they have records of him traveling two and from countries of interest. That he is on a watch list? For the average Joe. I don't think this would get very far. My response would be. "What sensitive information are you looking for?"
- iak8god 9y agoI was proposing a short fictional piece based on this premise -- not sure if you meant to respond to that specifically. In any case, it's speculative fiction: we put the story in a not-too-distant dystopian future where the laws and norms have changed just enough to make this plausible. I think it's more fun too if the protagonist actually doesn't have anything to hide, and is not suspected of any criminal activity before, during, or after his attempted border crossing.