On 2023-02-07 17:15:02, onefang wrote:
> On 2023-02-07 08:02:46, tito via Dng wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 Feb 2023 13:06:34 +0800
> > jeremy ardley via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On 7/2/23 12:12, Antonio Rendina via Dng wrote:
> > > > Il 06/02/23 22:48, jeremy ardley via Dng ha scritto:
> > > >>
> > > >> On 7/2/23 03:46, The Original Linux Fan via Dng wrote:
> > > >>> Do you by any chance have a link so that I can take
> > > >>> a look at it myself?  I rarely travel abroad, but just
> > > >>> in case I decide to take an android device somewhere,
> > > >>> it might be prudent for myself and others to take a
> > > >>> look.
> > > >>
> > > >> ...
> > >
> > > >> The point where you get off the plane but haven't yet passed customs
> > > >> leaves you in a legal limbo where many of the the countries laws and
> > > >> protections don't apply, or not as usual.
> > > >>
> > > ...
> > >
> > >
> > > > I think this is a bit exaggerated. Europe is a free country, I travel
> > > > all the time across Europe with 2 laptops and 2 smartphones, no one
> > > > ever searched my data, and in case, I would not allow it. The only
> > > > check that you have, is passing through the security if you fly, if
> > > > not and you are in Schengen Area
> > > > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area) you can pass whatever
> > > > border you want with train, bus or car even on feet (not suggesting).
> > > > And also when in not Schengen, it's quite simple to pass the borders.
> > > >
> > >
> > > The key word is customs. In Schengen area you likely don't have formal
> > > customs clearance?
> > >
> > > Now try the same trick going into USA or Canada or even UK. Or arriving
> > > in the Schengen area on a flight from outside that area.
> > >
> >
> > Hi,
> > I arrived many times from outside the Schengen area and besides
> > passport control on arrival, 90 % of times I went through the green lane of
> > customs and nobody cared, 9 % percent of times a bored customs'
> > officer looked at my baggage with X-rays, one time they wanted to take
> > a look at a pack of wasabi powder. In all that times nobody ever
> > cared for my phone or my laptop/netbook. Sometimes the laptops
> > were scanned with x-rays at the security check or I had to turn them on.
>
> Totally off topic, but that reminds me of when I traveled to a computer
> conference with one of the only three Playstation 3s in Australia at the
> time. Security guy wanted me to take it out so he could fondle it.
> Those things collect fingerprints like crazy. lol
>
> If I recall the x-ray showed something odd, think it was the Cell
> processor.

I forgot to point out that the reason I was carting this PS3 to acomputer
conference was that I was working for the company that put Linux on them
first. So I also got the very first PS3 that was sold in the world with
Linux pre-installed, and I was giving a talk about it at that conference.

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