They can certainly ask. That's for sure. You don't have to surrender it. Of course there could be undesirable consequences to such a position, but it's a legitimate course of action.
Here's a good link from EFF regarding the issue. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/protecting-yourself-suspicionless-searches-while-t <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/protecting-yourself-suspicionless-searches-while-t>Full disclosure. I have traveled all over and never had a problem. I've also never worried about what might be found on my personal laptop. I remote in to work if necessary. The laptop is for finding directions and storing the legions of awful travel pics that inevitably get created. If Customs wanted to look over my laptop with me in the room to supervise I would have no objection. On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: > Customs can require you to surrender the key. > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > > Probable? Possible, absolutely. I've gone all over the place with a > laptop > > and haven't ever had issue one at home or abroad. That said, Truecrypt > is > > your friend. Encrypt the whole volume with a ridiculously long > passphrase > > and be done with it. Who cares if they copy it at that point. > > > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I know you said there isn't any, but are you really truly *SURE* there > >> isn't any patient or other confidential data on this machine? I would > >> include hashes of domain credentials in that category. > >> > >> If there is, be aware that all computers are subject to search and > >> probable copying of data at the border. > >> > >> Other than that, I don't see any real issues. > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 13:21, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I have a physician who wants to take a company owned Tablet PC to > >> > Argentina > >> > in a month or so. This doesn’t give me a warm fuzzy, but I don’t have > >> > anything concrete to give as a reason to tell him no, aside from that. > I > >> > have a hard enough time with docs wanting to take the Tablets out of > the > >> > office to their homes… > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Do any of you have any good information on reasons that I can give > that > >> > it > >> > wouldn’t be a good idea? There should not be any data on the system, > as > >> > he > >> > will be using Xen to get access to all of our systems using domain > >> > credentials, so data theft is not a big concern in this particular > case. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks in advance, > >> > > >> > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > >> > Technology Coordinator > >> > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > >> > [email protected] > >> > www.eaglemds.com > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
