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Re:ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones f... by VMG on Sunday January 22, 2012 @05:01PM (#3497853)
it would be very useful to know exactly what tools and techniques the border agents are using.

Is there software that detect HDDs that are disabled via BIOS? Do the border agents reset the BIOS? Are they looking at individual files and encrypted archives?

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Re:ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones f... by lunarscape on Sunday January 22, 2012 @06:30PM (#3498216)
I don't know the capabilities. I'm sure the best ones are kept secret obviously. One MS tool was leaked online but turned out to be nothing special: http://www.microsoft.com/industry/government/solutions/cofee...
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