The Legal Ramifications of Computer Searches and Seizures

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The Legal Ramifications of Computer Searches and Seizures

01-21-2007, 09:39 AM,

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The Legal Ramifications of Computer Searches and Seizures

Quote:My laptop computer was purchased by Stanford, but my whole life is stored on it. I have e-mail dating back several years, my address book with the names of everyone I know, notes and musings for various work and personal projects, financial records, passwords to my blog, my web mail, project and information management data for various organizations I belong to, photos of my niece and nephew and my pets.

In short, my computer is my most private possession. I have other things that are more dear, but no one item could tell you more about me than this machine.

Yet, a rash of recent court decisions says the Constitution may not be enough to protect my laptop from arbitrary, suspicionless and warrantless examination by the police...

full article: http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,7251...n_index_18

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