interesting artical on slashdot

No. Just moved to the off-topic forum.

It has a vague relation to our event, since it is of interest to many of our attendees who will be traveling. I suspect, however, that such fears have been greatly overblown. In my many years I have learned that what is reported in the news is usually not the whole story. Naturally the people who tell such tales will claim that "there was absolutely no reason for the person to search me," whereas in reality there may well have been ample reason; and since I know human nature, I suspect that these "innocent" people know quite well what the reason is but aren't willing to admit it, perhaps even to themselves.

With the thousands of travelers who pass through Passport Control every day, I cannot imagine Customs inspectors having either the time or the energy to randomly pick a person and rifle through his laptop for the hell of it. They're busy enough as it is. To have them do such a thing without any cause simply does not make sense, and as Judge Judy says, "If it doesn't make sense it probably isn't true."

I'm sure they can't get into that.

However, another legal battle being fought right now is whether they can order you to decrypt/enter your password for them, with the consequence of non-cooperation being jail time or deportation.

-If someone walks up to you and says they are a pathological liar, would you believe them?