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Indonesian moving to Australia soon, I'm just concerned my laptop/phone will be checked for pirated content.

The general rule of thumb I've seen around the internet is "encrypt your drive", which is easy enough. But the other approach typically says "bring a burner phone / laptop" which of course isn't viable in my case.

Can anyone confirm on the legitimacy of these claims? I know I pirate light (""light"" compared to the vets here), but I'm just so paranoid that I could be held up and sent back home, because this might be my only shot.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Do they usually open up and use your devices to check them for anything? I've not been to Australia, specifically, but I've never been through an airport anywhere else in the world that did anything other than send my stuff through an x-ray machine or metal detector. They've never looked through the software.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

Damn, alright I never thought this post would gain this much traction. Thanks for everyone's suggestions and help.

Judging from the fact that I'm going there on a

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago

Widih ada Indo cuy

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago

Thats silly

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Don't encrypt it.

If you have an encrypted partition they will just force you to open it. It's also suspicious which will turn a 5 minute search into a 2 hour ordeal.

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