{"id":85304,"date":"2017-07-06T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/ipod-owners-beware-customs-wants-to-have-a-peek-inside-2\/"},"modified":"2017-07-06T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T09:00:00","slug":"ipod-owners-beware-customs-wants-to-have-a-peek-inside-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2017\/07\/06\/ipod-owners-beware-customs-wants-to-have-a-peek-inside-2\/","title":{"rendered":"iPod Owners Beware&#8211;Customs Wants To Have A Peek Inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the UK Guardian newspaper, moves are afoot to enable governments around the world to have the power to have a peep into your iPods.<\/p>\n<table style=\"\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"150\" width=\"200\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" 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