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"Why did you FedEx your SSD to the destination? Do you have something to hide? You're gonna have to follow us."

"everybody's got something to hide! I've got nothing hidden that's illegal."

If they find even one pirated song on your drive, they've got you on a felony. "Lying to federal officials" is a great catchall they regularly use to force a deal.

That's now.

The future is simply interdiction of every device.

Actually, every device will just be bugged with a thousand backdoors. The end.

Cory Doctorow - general computing is the enemy of governments.

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