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Many of the services which could be accessible from those devices are American services with data residing on American servers. I wonder if it is possible to us
by shiado 7y ago
Many of the services which could be accessible from those devices are American services with data residing on American servers. I wonder if it is possible to use hacking laws as a means of dissuading border agents from looking at devices. A Canadian agent might have jurisdiction in Canada but what if the get charged under the CFAA in the USA for accessing a server they aren't legally allowed to access. Perhaps it would be possible to design a specific legal/digital service for people to install with servers all over the world as a type of legal landmine meant to punish agents searching data by using hacking laws in many jurisdictions. Think of it like copyleft for stopping agents from snooping.
- panarky 7y agoCBSA officers are directed to disable any internet connection and only examine content that is already stored on a device
- bobthepanda 7y agoThey are directed to, but what is the penalty for not following directive? South of the border this would mostly result in getting assigned to a desk job.
- shiado 7y agoPerhaps one could add a specific sort of legal DRM crypto layer and then get them for anti-circumvention. No internet connection required.
- zerocrates 7y agoAs you might expect, law enforcement is specifically exempt from the DMCA's antcircumvention provisions. I would imagine that's true for other countries' equivalents as well. Same with the CFAA.