Cynthetiq

rb, that's correct, the customs area is NOT the United States of America.

In fact the Welcome to the United States signs are after you've completed immigration and customs. You are not allowed to talk on the phone, you are not allowed to be yelling at customs officials. This isn't just the United States, this is also Iceland, Czech Republic, Germany, UK, India, Philippines, Singapore, and Spain (countries I've happened to enter.)

My thinking is really more about something being on a CD, USB stick, memory card, microdot, bar code, 3d code, coded photo, and other various coding systems that allow information to be passed simply and easily with little chance of detection.

If I was to take my laptop with TFP in the cache, and I am searched I'd be stopped for trafficking pornography in Singapore without a doubt.

Again, I only take my computer when it suits my needs. Ignorance of the laws doesn't mean that I'm absolved of them.

Besides, I'm a TRAVELLER, there's plenty of resources to get my things done without the need to lug a 10lb bag that has sensitive data for me to be concerned about losing and ruining my vacation.

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