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Why we should not know our own passwords

  • Written by Megan Squire, Professor of Computing Sciences, Elon University
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Since 2009, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have been allowed to search electronic devices carried by citizens or noncitizens as they cross the border into the United States from other countries. More recently, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly suggested...

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