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Gadgets safe from global airport anti-piracy plan

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 4 comments
Register Hardware; By James Sherwood 		Mail this story
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Alarming headlines claiming that our laptop hard drives and iPod libraries could soon be scanned at airports for illegal copies of content are unfounded. Several recent reports, including one by the Daily Telegraph, claim that the governments of the G8 nations are considering an anti-piracy plan that would see customs officials granted the power to examine travellers' gadgets for digital contraband.

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Comments (4)

tracyanne ·
by putting it into a root only viewable directory, and probably encrypt it as well.
gus3 ·
The encryption may help you; the "root" owner will not. Remember, physical access is root access.
azerthoth ·
Here is a handy tidbit, if you are really considering encrypting just some of your stuff. Thanks go to TC for this one too. http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netsecur/article.p...
jezuch ·
Anyway, this article looks like some wishful thinking. It assumes that stated intentions are, uh, intended intentions.

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