Galaki said:
seiya19 said:
@trestres and xcot
Thanks guys, I'm just glad you agree.
@Mr Khan
Yeah, I also wonder how far do they go. If you have a password-protected file and they want to see it, can they force you to open it ? Do they even look for hidden files or they just look around the desktop and other common folders ? What about your internet browser's history ? (which we should delete regularly anyway...)
All this aside, you could always get a dvd or an external hard drive and just save your files there before traveling. I wouldn't take the risk, if possible. And you certainly can't predict what they would see as "child pornography", so I wouldn't recommend having Queen's Blade in there or any other "risqué" anime. I seriously doubt they would care about any pirated content though, unless maybe an obvious case of a mainstream movie, which I don't know how they could prove to be pirated anyway.
I'm surprised they can go through your laptop without any sort of accusation to begin with... |
AFAIK, they can already confiscate your laptop even if you encrypt your hdd. They just hold it as long as they want, LOL.
And, there's a tool, a usb key, that autoscan your computer for "illegal contents" by simply plugging in the usb.
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Really ? Absolute madness... So not only there's no basic right to privacy, but you also lose your right to private property, even without any accusation ?
Madness, madness I tell you !
But the use of scans through some sort of recognition software raises more questions than it answers... I'm guessing it works with terms and not image recognition, as I'm having a hard time believing such technology exists at that level. Not even the actual security officials can recognize lolicon from echii/hentai, yet the software can ? Or does anything manga gets labeled as "ilegal" ?
Anyway, I guess I shouldn't care too much as I don't even have a laptop... or travel outside my country...
