[AfrICANN-discuss] PRIVACY/SECURITY

Vincent Ocran ocranve at gmail.com
Thu Jun 21 18:46:09 SAST 2007


Simple solution, lets boycott traveling to the USA ;o)

On 21/06/07, Mawaki Chango <ki_chango at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, it's true sometimes I myself bump into some funny pictures
> on my own laptop and wonder where they come from :-) and have
> imagined that kind of "inquisitory" scenario. It's so difficult
> to keep a live memory of all what one actually has on one's
> computer. Maybe one should systematically save and carry really
> private folders only on an external hard drive. Who knows, they
> may start searching those, too, and soon the cameras, cell
> phones, PDAs, etc. After all, all those devices increasingly
> become full-fledged computers in their own right.
>
> Mawaki
>
> --- Dr Yassin Mshana <ymshana2003 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Pierre,
> >
> > The rule is "DELETE" all obscene  information sent to you by
> > time-wasters
> > and if you have  information which might be sensitive to the
> > country you are
> > going to visit ..... THINK TWICE about what you should do.
> >
> > It is true: Your Computer can land you in big trouble!!!
> >
> > Be observant and safe
> >
> > Yassin
> >
> > On 20/06/07, Dandjinou Pierre <pdandjinou at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > So what do you think about this? you all lap top carriers?
> > >
> > > Pierre D.
> > >
> > > ---- What's in a Laptop? Court Ponders Legality of Border
> > Searches Is your
> > > laptop a fancy piece of luggage or an extension of your
> > mind? The question,
> > > before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, arose from the
> > prosecution
> > > of Michael Timothy Arnold, an American citizen whose laptop
> > was randomly
> > > searched in July 2005 at Los Angeles International Airport
> > as he returned
> > > from a three-week trip to the Philippines. Agents booted the
> > computer and
> > > began opening folders on the desktop, where they found a
> > picture of two
> > > naked women, continued searching, then turned up what the
> > government says is
> > > child pornography.
> > >
> >
> *http://www.sdnp.undp.org/perl/news/articles.pl?id=9511&do=gpage*<
> http://www.sdnp.undp.org/perl/news/articles.pl?id=9511&do=gpage>
> > >
> > >
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-- 
Vincent Ocran

"If you are being groomed to capture an elephant,
you do not rush to capture a mouse"
Ghanaian-Akan Proverb .
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