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Unfortunately the answer is not "no", but rather "no for most people, yes for some people".

• brown9-2 15y ago
  I am curious about this - can you link me to some stories of regular traveler's having their laptop hard drives scanned by the TSA?
  • barrkel 15y ago
    Look up Jacob Appelbaum aka ioerror.
  • slowpoke 15y ago
    Jacob Appelbaum (of the Tor project) has been detained multiple times at the US border already, and at least one time has had his electronic equipment taken away. The wikipedia article about him has a section about it that should lead to some more sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Appelbaum#Investigation_and_Detainment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Appelbaum#Investigation_a... Granted, he's not a "regular traveler", but then again, it shouldn't matter if you're famous or not.
  • jellicle 15y ago
    Here's a lawsuit about it, with some statistics: http://www.aclu.org/free-speech-technology-and-liberty/groups-sue-over-suspicionless-laptop-search-policy-border http://www.aclu.org/free-speech-technology-and-liberty/group...