[Air-L] Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

[Barry Wellman]

There's a basic article about possible border searches of laptops at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement
It's a plurilateral effort.

Usual WP caveats apply

I don't think that people's laptops (or Berries) will be routinely
searched, given the volume of border traffic.*

And if you're under surveillance, there will be ways to get at your stuff
besides border searches.

*Coming into the US from Canada this Wednesday at Queenston-Lewiston took
25 minutes, and the joy of watching swat teams and sniffer dogs. The other
direction (US > Canada) took 1 minute, according to the broadcast
information. I doubt that swats & dogs were used.

 Barry Wellman
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