tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post183779457028022166..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Passwords, Please.Eric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-2960991559404564482015-03-06T19:00:45.154+13:002015-03-06T19:00:45.154+13:00Won't be this one then will it.Won't be this one then will it.vikingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-58219582709763398952015-03-06T16:06:12.781+13:002015-03-06T16:06:12.781+13:00A friend's sister ticked the I have no food bo...A friend's sister ticked the I have no food box once but had food and got caught at Customs. In addition to a fine, she is now permanently on their watch list.<br /><br />I worked with ex-customs official years ago. He told me that it is absolutely true that if you ring up customs and say Eric Crampton is carrying drugs concealed within his body cavities, you will be subject to a body cavity search. <br /><br />The reason is that if customs officers don't search the basis of these tips, which may be malicious, people will look to them as possibly corrupt because they don't want to act on a tipoff.<br /><br />This right to ask for passwords raises an important obligation regarding anti-corruption to ensure that passwords given to customs don't end up in the wrong hands for long enough for there to be fraud and theft before you have a chance to change bank passwords and so on.Jim Rosehttp://utopiayouarestandinginit.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-7333415409352701952015-03-06T11:40:21.731+13:002015-03-06T11:40:21.731+13:00From the Stuff article: 'Customs also wants it...From the Stuff article: 'Customs also wants its officers to be able to compel people to empty their pockets if asked. It said they did not currently have that power unless they had "reasonable cause" to suspect someone was hiding something.'<br /><br />So basically they want power to search someone for, explicitly, no good reason? Boggles the mind.Bennoreply@blogger.com