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Re: Computer hard disc scanning by HM Customs & Excise
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Tue Aug 25 15:44:39 1998
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@cygnus.com>
Date: 25 Aug 1998 15:05:40 -0400
In-Reply-To: Vin McLellan's message of Tue, 25 Aug 1998 02:45:31 -0400
I have heard a suggestion for people who might travel to the UK on
business. Put a clause in your contract that states that if you are
asked to let your laptop be searched, and you refuse and are denied
entry as a result, that you will be paid for your trip (expenses and
compensation) as if you had done the work.
If your customer wants you to come anyway, then they can light a fire
under their MP to make sure you don't have any trouble on your way in.
Either that, or you don't do the work.
Marc
