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Government vs. the privacy of your data; U.S. bullying the world
This is a crazy new law being proposed which will give border guards and security personnel the right to inspect the contents of your laptop, iPod, cell phone for content that infringes on copyright laws (music and movies): Crazy ACTA Trade Agreement (Wikileaks)
Apparently they already have in some cases the right to look at anything [...]
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (U.K.)
Today I found out about this lovely law passed in the U.K.
According to Wikipedia:
The RIPA allows the government to access a person’s electronic communications in a very unrestricted manner, thus infringing in the privacy of their correspondance in a manner many would not tolerate regarding their postal communications. The act:
Enables the government to demand that [...]