New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $5k Customs fine

Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by A2017U1 on Monday October 01, 2018 @12:19PM (#18114092)

This only applies to those passing through international customs, under 4 million arrivals last year, half of them Australian, who bypass customs anyway.

Searching for the 540 figure it appears to be mobile phones only, there was another 300 computers. So ~840 searches for 2 million people.

https://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/sectors-industries/to...

https://fyi.org.nz/request/1119-how-many-digital-devices-are...

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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by grkvlt on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @07:40AM (#18120588)

I agree; your 1 in 2500 figure gives a slightly different picture of things... About 30x as many travelers being searched.

/* I guess adding mobile and computer searches is wrong though, since some sizable fraction of computer owners have a mobile and would thus have had both searched. So maybe 650-700 searches? Doesn't change the magnitude of the resulting figures much, I suppose. */

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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by angry_octet on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @11:22AM (#18131057)

Umm, no, Australians don't get to bypass NZ customs. What if we had some seeds or dirt on our shoes? Or <shock> some fruit?

But yeah there wouldn't be many searches.

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