On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Julian Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been extensively questioned at the border on a few occassions over the > years /because/ my laptops don't have a Desktop as such, no icons either. Both > my arms were grabbed at the Australian border as I reached to type 'firefox' > in > a terminal, to start the browser in an attempt to show them a normal looking > environment.
I think that in such a discussion, it is necessary to distinguish between border guards wanting to look at your data, and border guards wanting to make sure that your laptop is not a bomb (given the limited training they receive on the subject). The situation that you describe looks more like the latter than the former (although clearly there might be omitted details). -- Maxim Kammerer Liberté Linux: http://dee.su/liberte -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
