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Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by micaksica on Friday December 02, 2016 @08:43PM (#13093754)
Why *.jpg? Do they just assume everyone is smuggling porn on laptop hard drives or something? You'd think if you were looking for evidence of terrorism or immigration issues you'd be more interested in emails and documents.

These searches, if true, have nothing to do with border security and more to do with fishing for anything and everything they can charge you with once they aren't encumbered with warrants and courts and due process.

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Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by derrickdirge on Saturday December 03, 2016 @02:36AM (#13094832)
Exactly.

With obscenity laws and laws outlawing certain drawings and such, porn is just the low hanging fruit.

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Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by 91bananas on Saturday December 03, 2016 @07:40AM (#13095456)
Or maybe it's just rogue agents that want to see if you have any provocative pictures of your spouse on your devices?
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