Canadian Government Eliminates Problematic Language in Bill S-7 (Digital Frisking) Drew Wilson | June 14, 2022 The problematic digital frisking legislation, known as Bill S-7, has finally been fixed to remove the problem clause.
Canadian Government Trying to Revive Digital Frisking At the Border Drew Wilson | April 20, 2022 After it was declared unconstitutional, the Canadian government is trying to revive digital frisking via Bill S-7.
Claim: Encrypted Chat Developer Detained, Interrogated at US Border Drew Wilson | June 6, 2012 A developer for encrypted chat application “Cryptocat” has recently claimed that he was detained and interrogated at the US border. Apparently, border guards took his passport and interrogated him about the application, demanding to know “which algorithms Cryptocat used and about its censorship resistance.”
Digital Frisking for Copyright Infringement at US Border Disclosed Drew Wilson | August 1, 2008 It may have been little more then an intimidating demand from businesses at ACTA negotiations, but now the Department of Homeland Security is saying that copying hard drives and iPods at the US border is now part of border security policy without suspicion of wrongdoing.
EFF Demands Investigation for Suspicionless Digital Searches at Border Drew Wilson | June 27, 2008 Does border security have a right to search your iPod, laptop or USB sticks? This has increasingly become a central question and some, like the EFF, are arguing that such searches are unconstitutional.
