[Rivera42]

Another pointless show of force by US "security" agents.
Considering that the sort of data this policy alleges to be sniffing out would probably fit on a micro SD card (which are available >4GB, quite ample even for a PDF copy of the "Anarchist's Cookbook"), and considering the physical size of said SD cards and the ease with which they can be concealed, I really don't see any reason why we should expect this policy to catch any actual criminals. This is just another excuse to pry into our personal business under the pretense of "protecting" us.

[jonasdatum]

Originally Posted by Rivera42

Another pointless show of force by US "security" agents.
Considering that the sort of data this policy alleges to be sniffing out would probably fit on a micro SD card (which are available >4GB, quite ample even for a PDF copy of the "Anarchist's Cookbook"), and considering the physical size of said SD cards and the ease with which they can be concealed, I really don't see any reason why we should expect this policy to catch any actual criminals. This is just another excuse to pry into our personal business under the pretense of "protecting" us.

Yep!

[Rivera42]

It's not just the US, either.
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/108305
Not quite the same practice, but certainly just as bad.