ACLU challenges US laptop border searches: “ Civil liberties assessment still pending Privacy campaigners are continuing a legal challenge against random laptop border searches by US customs amid concerns there may be a racial bias…
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Police want new remote hard drive search powers: “ New laws aim to tackle backlogs Cyber cops want new laws to allow remote searches of seized hard drives in the hope they will help reduce…
Police seize Indymedia server (again): “ Linked to animal rights extremism case? Kent Police yesterday seized a server owned by Manchester-based hosting firm UK Grid and rented by the independent news collective Indymedia UK.… “…
Home Office denies remote snooping plan: “ No change to police rules…yet The Home Office has denied it has made any change to rules governing how police can remotely snoop on people’s computers.… “ (Via…
Police set to step up hacking of home PCs – Times Online From The Sunday Times, January 4, 2009 Police set to step up hacking of home PCs David Leppard THE Home Office has quietly…
Judge: No cryptographic hash analysis sans warrant: “ It’s a search In a case that could have important implications for law enforcement investigations throughout the US, a federal judge has ruled that the cryptographic fingerprinting…
Germans seduce Jacqui over remote hacking of disks: “ Trojanised Home Sec comes home to infect Parliament Is the UK Government about to turn world class hacker? It’s going to have to if the Germans…
EFF reveals vastly expanded search policy at US borders: “ Probable cause a thing of the past In a move that could affect millions of people around the world, the US government has quietly relaxed…
Bill seeks guidelines for US laptop searches: “ Some rules for border agents, please US border agents can still snatch and search your laptop, mobile phone, or hard drive without reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. But…
Homeland Security: We can seize laptops for an indefinite period: “ The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has concocted a remarkable new policy: It reserves the right to seize for an indefinite period of time…