Even so:
1. I can expect that there's a chance that my laptop will be taken from me (and perhaps returned modified or perhaps taken permanently) while still not being okay with that. It's one thing to expect a right to be violated; it's another thing to give up.
2. It's not unreasonable to travel with a laptop while expecting a small chance that it's taken, in which case you'll buy a new one and restore from backup, instead of buying a burner every time.
Seems easier to buy a "burner" at home though, and then it's indefinitely reusable.
Re:No one should have to travel in fear
by throwawaystale on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @05:34PM
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1. Indeed, I'm only talking about is, not ought. Please do complain. Leave Trump out, though. Nothing he can do about it, and if he seriously tried, he'd wake up with a horse's head in his bed.
2. If you truly believe your laptop is clean and encryption sufficiently uncrackable, go ahead. I don't think I'm that smart, myself.
In any case, just because you usually get your laptop handed right back, it doesn't follow that you always will. If it matters to you, buy that burner.