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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 299 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn border security dominates dhs technology budget request comments Discuss  
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0208/020508j1.htmBy Jill R. Aitoro Govexec.com February 5, 2008Roughly half of the Homeland Security Department's $5.4 billion information technology budget will go to ongoing system development and modernization programs for border control and protection.Cybersecurity funds largely will come from alternative sources, said DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, who described the budget as a whole as "strong and fiscally sound."DHS divided spending in its IT budget into read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 273 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: privacy watchdog slams european border control plans comments Discuss  
Will put privacy at risk for no added securityEurope's top privacy watchdog has condemned planned European border controls as weak and based on inconclusive evidence, claiming they will put Europeans' privacy at risk with no guarantee of increased security.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 224 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn court waves border laptop searches comments Discuss  
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/22/us_laptop_ruling/By Kevin Fayle in San FranciscoThe Register22nd April 2008 Contrary to what some of you may believe, one cannot live in a laptop, according to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the US.In a recent ruling [1], a three-judge panel of that court determined that border agents could examine the contents of a laptop without reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. As part of that decision, the court rejected the defendant's contention that his laptop read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 216 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: your personal data permanently cached border comments Discuss  
Fact or fiction? US Feds won't sayNow that US customs agents have unfettered access to laptops and other electronic devices at borders, a coalition of travel groups, civil liberties advocates and technologists is calling on Congress to rein in the Department of Homeland Security's search and seizure practices. They're also providing practical advice on how to prevent trade secrets and other sensitive data from being breached.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 161 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: senators question border laptop searches comments Discuss  
Two U.S. senators called on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to back off its assertion that it can search laptops and other electronic devices owned by U.S. citizens returning to the country without the need for reasonable suspicion of a crime or probable cause. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 64 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: elvis left border epassport faking guide unleashed comments Discuss  
Not good enough to work - probablyThe Hacker's Choice (THC) has released details of a procedure that allows you to "create a backup of your own passport chip(s)" - or, if you were that way inclined, use a modified chip to build a fake ePassport that will not be detected by at least some passport readers.… read more »
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