A question about getting Laptop searched

[Chinaman]

(TTChang @ Jun. 13 2010,00:50) Not that I've got anything pornographic to hide .....  I go to Thailand for the culture and food    

Now, that explains why I met you at SF one night when they had a buffet out.

It was the culinary adventure you were after, and I thought you were into lbs too. How I could ever assume such even remotely is beyond me, the well-mannered and sophisticated gentleman you are ... ;-)

[kahuna]

(Socrates999 @ Jun. 18 2010,22:44) I just came through US customs, with about 3 TB of flicks, photos and software, including a large, 2 Tb external drive, 2 smaller external HDs, several memory cards, 2 thumbdrives, etc.

I've been stopped twice coming in through SFO...Both times they inspected my computer...Both times it was full of ladyboy shit...Both times they said thanks, see ya...

I was stopped once coming in through LAX...I offered to let them look at my computer...They preferred to finger through my dirty underwear and said thanks, see ya...

In my opinion if you like underage Thai boys or girls and you like to take photos or vids of your victims and you get caught...Good...One less scumbag...

[azza33]

(manarak @ Jun. 18 2010,19:10) Best advice IMO is to use a program like truecrypt's hidden volumes feature on a USB stick.
Don't forget to rub/scratch the label off the stick where is says something like "16GB", when 15GB are hidden and the techie of the customs wonders why only 1GB are shown...

I use truecrypt...

I have the entire USB stick as a device not a file....

So if you plug it into computer, it actually asks if i want to format the thing.... figure most people wont have a clue whats going on there... and i doubt any customs officer could force you to format the device.

[TTChang]

(Chinaman @ Jun. 19 2010,17:04)

(TTChang @ Jun. 13 2010,00:50) Not that I've got anything pornographic to hide .....  I go to Thailand for the culture and food

Now, that explains why I met you at SF one night when they had a buffet out.  It was the culinary adventure you were after, and I thought you were into lbs too. How I could ever assume such even remotely is beyond me, the well-mannered and sophisticated gentleman you are ...

    Spot on!  Stringfellows ..... my favourite eating place in Pattaya. Nana Plaza - top cultural centre ...

[Jake_Sully]

(kahuna @ Jun. 19 2010,08:06)

(Socrates999 @ Jun. 18 2010,22:44) I just came through US customs, with about 3 TB of flicks, photos and software, including a large, 2 Tb external drive, 2 smaller external HDs, several memory cards, 2 thumbdrives, etc.

I've been stopped twice coming in through SFO...Both times they inspected my computer...Both times it was full of ladyboy shit...Both times they said thanks, see ya...

I was stopped once coming in through LAX...I offered to let them look at my computer...They preferred to finger through my dirty underwear and said thanks, see ya...

In my opinion if you like underage Thai boys or girls and you like to take photos or vids of your victims and you get caught...Good...One less scumbag...

I've been abroad many times but never actually been searched or had my laptop examined. Do they actually check your emails/ bookmarks or just downloaded files?