Richmond, as you probably know, british customs & excise have all
sorts of powers that might not generally be considered consistent
with a modern, democratic civil society.
However, I travel a lot, and nearly always have my laptop with me,
and neither I nor anyone I know has had their laptop seized by HMRC.
So unless you know of some reason that they might take an unusual
interest in you, you probably have nothing to worry about. Then
again, they probably have the power to truss you up like a chicken
and write rude words on your face with an indelible marker - being
paranoid does not mean they're not out to get you :)
Best,
Mark
On 5 Jun 2009, at 18:53, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
Before I hop on the plane to the conference I am trying to find out
some information about British Customs and laptops.
There has been persistent rumours that customs officers can seize
laptops at random from entrants to Britain and hold them for
examination as long as they want.
Unfortunately my wife's laptop (which is what I intend to bring
to Edinburgh) contains nothing "interesting"; notwithstanding that
it would be "a right pain" if it were randomly seized by customs
and excise.
Can anybody enlighten me on this; especially as I have been outwith
the surveillance society since January.
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