Eye-Fi photo card

[RichardM]

NyTimes.com: When Your Camera Knows Where You Are

You know how your digital camera gives every photo an invisible time and date stamp? Well, the Eye-Fi Explore ($130) card invisibly stamps every photo with where you took it.

That’s right: photo geotagging has finally come to a camera near you. Noting what photo was taken where used to require either tedious manual data entry or expensive add-on gear. Now it comes cheaply and automatically.

Of course, if there aren't any wi-fi beacons around you're SOL.

[SHANEA]

Thanks Richard.

That will greatly assist DHS/CBP when they search your laptop and camera at points of entry or when you cross the Check Point Charlie coming from Big Bend.  Better answer truthfully if you crossed into Mexico, say at Fern Canyon or anywhere along the Rio Grande - your photo could give you away.     Border Agents Can Search Laptops Without Cause, Appeals Court Rules

So, this brings up a question - if you legally canoed the Rio Grande and filled out all of the customs paperwork, then when asked if you crossed into Mexico, I guess the "correct" answer would be yes, I inadvertently crossed into Mexico while canoing the Rio Grande...   

[presidio]

So, this brings up a question - if you legally canoed the Rio Grande and filled out all of the customs paperwork, then when asked if you crossed into Mexico, I guess the "correct" answer would be yes, I inadvertently crossed into Mexico while canoing the Rio Grande...   

There's no 'inadvertent' about it. This is great disconnect in the border policy. Remember, when you are prevented from crossing for tacos you don't get to eat. If they applied the same process to boating they would put all the rafting companies out of business. It's not about security, it's about money. I have long advocated that if I cannot cross the river, then boaters cannot either...too bad about their business, find another. It's a double standard and it isn't right. Try getting any official to address that....good luck.

BTW, you don't fill out Customs paperwork to run the river. It is just accepted that everything is okay and because you have a river permit you are good to go. The NPS and Customs and the BP all know you cannot stay on the north half of the water.

So, if I get a permit I can stop and even camp on the Mexican side with no fear of enforcement. But if I go to Boquillas I have committed a security breach so serious that jail could result. Give me a break.