Airport Security - Israel

[MKR&*42]

I came across something a while back (like a month or so) and I thought it'd be interesting to post it on the forum, just never got round to it.

Israel airport security demands access to tourists' private email accounts

Several U.S. tourists report being asked by airport security personnel for access to their personal email accounts; Israel's Shin Bet security service says it acted within the law.

Important bits..

Then, according to Doughman, her interrogator said, "Okay, we are going to do something very interesting now!” As Doughman describes it, the harsh stare on the security woman's face gave way to a slight smirk. She typed www.gmail.com on her computer, turned the keyboard toward Doughman and demanded that she log in to her personal email account.

...reading some lines out loud as well as some chats between her and her friend regarding their upcoming trip. Then she recorded a number of her contacts' names, emails and telephone numbers.
After some five hours of questioning, Doughman and her friend were forced to wait another three hours, after which they were told that they would be refused entry into Israel. Accompanied by a heavy cadre of security people, they were led to another part of Ben Gurion Airport, where they were photographed and their bags were searched meticulously down to the smallest objects.
Their computers and iPads were passed, twice, through an explosives-detection machine. Then they were given body searches behind a curtain.
When a metal detector beeped while being passed over a button on Doughman's jeans, she was asked to take her pants off. She broke down in tears and refused, to which the security team responded by threatening to remove her pants by force. Instead, she was given a pair of shorts from her own suitcase and told to put them on instead of her jeans.

And there's a few more mentioned in there who denied them access to e-mail accounts. I also recall some girl on TV (about 18/19) who was also forced to hand over her gmail account information so that they could check her e-mails, they read them aloud and went through every single one. I mean, I know it's Israel and airport security has always been insanely tight there, but do you think this goes too far or not?

Would quite frankly be shocked if someone forced me to hand over my email account information so that I could get into a country. I can understand why extra precaution is needed but I just think this goes way too far.

[mrwoooooooo]

not like anyone wants to go to israel anyway

[Red]

Wow My friend had a bad experience with Israel security and made her take her clothes off and stuff. I wouldn't want to hand over my email info

[-:Undertaker:-]

Amazing how we'll most likely have the usual "HANDS OFF MY INTERNET" group on here posting how awful and draconian this is (which it is), but who are the same people who have no problem with being felt up by airport security. I find it far more outrageous that we're being subjected to being felt up (on the basis of no evidence) rather than our email passwords being required of us.



Only a fool would believe airport security actually protects us, it's theatre designed to make you feel like the state is protecting you - nothing more or less.

[Stephen]

Amazing how we'll most likely have the usual "HANDS OFF MY INTERNET" group on here posting how awful and draconian this is (which it is), but who are the same people who have no problem with being felt up by airport security. I find it far more outrageous that we're being subjected to being felt up (on the basis of no evidence) rather than our email passwords being required of us.



Only a fool would believe airport security actually protects us, it's theatre designed to make you feel like the state is protecting you - nothing more or less.

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