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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by mseidl on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:01AM (#18113134)
Also there could be explosives/drugs and other stuff in Luggage. What is the threat of shit on my phone?
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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by grkvlt on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:20AM (#18113408)
Your `/docs/plan-to-hijack-airnz-plane.txt` file might be seen as slightly dodgy?
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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by sib on Monday October 01, 2018 @12:46PM (#18114368)
The problem is, `/docs/plan-to-hijack-airnz-plane.txt` can easily be downloaded from the cloud once you're in-country, so you can just not keep it on your phone. This is a significant difference compared to bring in explosives (as an example), where searching your luggage would actually be effective.

Again, this law will primarily inconvenience / harm law-abiding folks, while not preventing the "bad guys" from doing what they want.

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