This came up on [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 12:29 AM 7/21/00 -0700, <anonymized> wrote: >The interesting question (for this list) is, if some border officials >search your hard drive and they encounter encrypted files, what will >they do? My guess would be that they will demand the key and threaten >to deny you entry if you don't give it to them. It does not appear >that there are any international laws or standards that say they can't >do that. But could they do that to an American returning to America? Sure, a brit returning to post-RIP britain is fresh meat. Or a furriner coming to America (who isn't yet on US soil).