No, we should stop organizing conferences in countries where it is not legal to bring encrypted devices for personal use (like China, according to the beginning

No, we should stop organizing conferences in countries where it is not legal to bring encrypted devices for personal use (like China, according to the beginning of the article), or countries where there have been known cases of pressuring travelers to decrypt their devices or of confiscating the devices (like the US). How is it reasonable or courteous to require your conference attendees to read a long guide, buy a throwaway laptop, set it up, etc., or run the risk of being requested to decrypt sensitive information at the border or have their devices seized? Just because the US and China get away with this does not mean that all countries do. Just pick any state in this list http://www.wassenaar.org/participating-states/ http://www.wassenaar.org/participating-states/ that doesn't have a history of requesting decryption or taking traveler's property without good cause.