U.S. federal officials have disclosed that agents at the U.S. border may seize a traveler's laptop or other electronic devices with no limits on how long they can hold them and without any suspicion of wrongdoing.The Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed the new policies that allow agents to search a laptop's contents and share the information with other agencies and private organizations for language translation, data decryption or other reasons.
Travelers who do not need a visa to fly to the United States will have to answer questions about their health and criminal background under a new electronic system launched today.Starting January 12, 2009, people traveling to the U.S. from the 27 visa waiver countries will be required to fill out an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) form online three days before departure.
A dark future tale by Cory Doctorow spoke of a Department of Homeland Security enforcing immigration laws, and others, with the help of Google. He may not have been far off the mark.
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