Border Security

Computing

ACLU Mounts Lawsuit Against Baseless Border Laptop Searches

5:20AM September 8, 2010 | Brian Barrett

For the last two years, the US Department of Homeland Security has claimed the right to seize and search your laptop on nothing more than a whim. Today, the American Civil Liberties Union and others have brought a lawsuit fixing to change that. More »


DIY Wolverine Claws Seized During Postal Crackdown

2:00PM January 1, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

A wannabe Wolverine is crying somewhere in the UK, because these homemade claws of his were seized by border agents as part of a crackdown on illegal goods shipping into the country. Guess he’ll just hope for a mutation now. More »


Gadgets

Million Dollar Border Security Machines Fooled with Ten Cent Tape

4:00AM January 3, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

So much for biometrics and immigration security: A South Korean woman managed to fool a million-dollar fingerprint reading machine in Japanese border controls using a simple piece of tape stuck to her fingers.

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