Re: IAOC requesting input on (potential) meeting cities

[Behcet Sarikaya <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Brian E Carpenter <
[e-mail]> wrote:

> On 04/04/2017 03:26, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 11:59:49AM -0500, Paul Wouters wrote:
> >> I don't know when I will be refused entry for not handing out
> >> passwords or pins.
> ...
> > Moreover, the ad hoc policies that are in place are used very
> > inconsistently -- at the personal whims of those enforcing them --
> > and are subject to change not only without advance notice,
> > but without any notice of any kind.
> >
> > Because of this, asking anyone to come to the US at this time is
> > equivalent to asking them to incur unknown but possibly very large
> > privacy and security risks, as well the financial risk of losing
> > any/all computing devices they bring with them.
>
> What is specific to the US in all that? Afaik, customs or immigration
> officers have similar rights in many, if not most, countries. And they
> use them from time to time, at random or as a result of profiling.
>
> Before you formally enter the country, your rights are limited
> in most cases, not only in the US.
>

+1

Behcet

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>     Brian
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