You are aware that US customs is regularly seizing laptop hard drives of people who enter the US, copying them, and returning them at a future date? This was challenged in court and naturally the government won their case.
This is such a problem that some companies are mailing hard drives, instead of having people transport them on planes. Not that customs would stop at copying a mailed hard disk, but the chance that they bother to even look at a package is slim. Scott McEachern [sc...@blackstaff.ca] wrote: > On 10/06/10 12:50, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > > >Then you may be detained next time you attempt to travel > >internationally. > > > >You are free to stay at home, though. > > > > I'm not trying to be a wise-acre here, I agree with Theo 100%. I > doubt anyone wants to be screwed by customs (anywhere) due to > licencing issues. I also don't doubt that customs would dig deep to > find "dirt" if they really wanted to. > > My question is: Has it ever happened to anyone? > > Has anyone actually had a customs agent say "Wait a minute, you're > using /foo/ OS. You can't be crossing our border." > > No flames please; I'm just curious. I realize the distinction here > is between it not being possible (OpenBSD) and theoretically > possible (FreeBSD). -- Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food - Hippocrates
