SXSW: Trump Might Not Be Completely Paranoid When It Comes to Surveillance
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Consumers have to take an active part in protecting their own privacy as connected devices proliferate, but tech marketers and their employees can play a role as well, privacy advocates said at a SXSW Conference talk about the Fourth Amendment and technology on Friday.
Scenes of people parting with that privacy have come into focus lately with reports of international arrivals in the United States, including U.S. citizens, being asked to provide their smartphone passwords before they could leave the airport.
“We’re carrying more and more of ourselves that is searchable when we cross a border,” said Mike Godwin, a media attorney (and creator of “Godwin’s Law”). “I’ve traveled internationally a lot and I come back in the country and I leave the country, and I find myself increasingly thinking about what is on my computer and what is on my devices as I cross borders.”
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