01.01.2014 - 12:12 [ Techdirt ]

Court Says Border Searches Of Your Computer Are Okay Because You Shouldn‘t Keep Important Info On Your Computer

A judge in NY has dismissed a challenge to the searches brought by the ACLU. The judge, Edward Korman, repeatedly quotes former head of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, who now makes money by hyping up the threats the country faces, so it‘s not like he‘s the most unbiased of folks to be relying on for how important these border searches really are.