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Homeland Security runs borders and borders have import controls, so preventing child porn from crossing the border is certainly within their purview. That's not
by abalone 9y ago
Homeland Security runs borders and borders have import controls, so preventing child porn from crossing the border is certainly within their purview. That's not in question.
The issue is more about whether they are casting too wide a net. It used to be we only carried suitcases across borders, but now it's our whole digital lives -- every picture we've ever taken, every account we own, trade secrets, etc. That type of invasive search should probably require a warrant.
- nhaehnle 9y ago> Homeland Security runs borders and borders have import controls, so preventing child porn from crossing the border is certainly within their purview. That's not in question. Not a USian, so I may be wrong, but aren't Homeland Security and Customs separate organizations? Preventing certain imports like counterfeits or IP-violating material seems more of a Customs thing to me.
- Zak 9y agoNo. Customs is a subdivision of Homeland Security.
- throwaway613834 9y agoYou're probably thinking of how it was in the pre-DHS (pre-2001) era? There was U.S. Customs Service and there was Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security#Creation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ho...