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Ah, OK.

I already covered that in the very first sentence of my post before I went on to the new developments. From the link you provided its clear that every prosecution under RIPA that was cited was for access to a device in the possession of the party.

That, we already knew about.

I'm talking about traveling with just the clothes on your back and pieces of paper ( say, currency, a plane ticket, your passport and a printout of that e-mail aunt Bessie sent you about the wedding reception. )

There's no device to access. And yet.... they'll provide their own and get your e-mail anyway.

Now RIPA does no good when its the State seeking to access files stored on its OWN device. Because unless you're super-hacker; you have no encrypted files stored on the laptop of the Security Agent.

But the State's device is perfectly good to access your e-mail provided that you were dumb enough to provide proof of who your e-mail provider is. So there you are with nothing on you but scraps of cloth and paper, having compromised your online security. ( Unless of course, you choose not to enter. )

Dante