Protect your laptop’s sensitive information before entering the U.S. - a customs agent might decide to peruse it
May 16, 2008
Security consultant Bruce Schneier writes in the [UK] Guardian with suggestions for setting up your laptop computer so that U.S. customs inspectors won’t be able to peruse your sensitive business information (or, if you’re a lawyer, attorney-client privileged information). This is something to think about, because a U.S. court has ruled that customs inspectors have the right to search laptops, and presumably other electronic devices, that are being brought into this country.
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