There is no right to privacy at international borders. For those of us with laptops, this presents a pretty major problem: How do we get through U.S. Customs with our beloved portable devices, without having Uncle Sam peeking at every e-mail we've sent, every MP3 we've listened to, and every "home movie" we've made?
The obvious solution, encryption, is not enough. Non-Americans have no right to enter the U.S. Don't want to hand over your encryption keys? No problem--but you will be put on the next airplane back to your home country (if you're lucky...If the government really doesn't like you, you may end up getting sent to Syria).
Those of us "lucky" enough to have a U.S. passport may be forced to enter the password for the data, if we want to avoid having the devices seized and never returned. More...
See also: Insect spies? Jesus! This is scary, folks!
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