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 _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________