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bill_murry09:29 UTC25 Aug 2013

It's been a while since I visited Oz; are they likely to check laptops at the airport on arrival, and get upset/arresty for things like porn having been viewed?

The law seems pretty open to interpretation over what is 'objectionable', or 'imported'...but if computer has accidentally downloaded the occasional scene or kept photos in the 'viewed' folder somewhere (all standard stuff, nothing that would be borderline illegal to watch in most developed places)...whats the view?

phimeow16:10 UTC25 Aug 2013

Unless you are on the child porn watch list, no one cares about what is/was on your laptop

dick_n_larger22:11 UTC25 Aug 2013

Yep. Normal practise is to take your laptop out of its sleeve when you are being xrayed to enter the secure part of the terminal. Since you are incoming, even this will not happen to you. So enjoy your porn, fill yer boots and grab yer duty free fags and grog on the way out.

justin2301:46 UTC26 Aug 2013

Check the Australia branch. A few more responses to the question you posted there.

westwood03:08 UTC26 Aug 2013

accidental. Lol.

"The devil made me do it" Your Honour..

mothercourage09:04 UTC26 Aug 2013

"accidental is possible - I've done it myself.
I was looking for a particular typeface and googled for 'mackintosh font', quite forgetting the implications of dirty old raincoats.

westwood09:11 UTC26 Aug 2013

Come on. You dont accidently download porn then leave it on your laptop!!

westwood09:13 UTC26 Aug 2013

Come on. You dont accidently download naughty stuff then leave it on your laptop!!

mothercourage17:32 UTC26 Aug 2013

Ah well, I'll admit - I didn't download it..
But AFAIK anything you click onto leaves it's 'pattern' on your computer - or am I wrong on that score?

cyberia19:42 UTC26 Aug 2013

Get Historykill 2013. Quite cheap and it wipes out all traces, unwanted stuff, thumbnails, etc.

Every picture you look at is stored in upto two thousand 4kb thumbnails on your computer (no idea why). Find the folder and delete the lot before going.

Anything you don't want customs to see, go to it's properties, and click on Hidden and it will vanish. You can later use the "show Hidden folders" option to find it again.

hello_bamboo16:13 UTC30 Aug 2013

Find the folder and delete the lot before going.

honestly, unless you are Edward Snowden (or the partner of the Guardian journalist who leaked his material) nobody is going to look at the contents of your laptop. In a decade of frequent work travel with laptop, including to countries like Saudi Arabia and China, nobody has ever asked to check the contents of mu hard drive. nor have i ever heard of this happening.

bill_murry09:43 UTC02 Sep 2013

Ok, thanks.
Nobody looked.

But it is possible to click on a video clip, watch it (like on YouTube), and find months later that some clips were not streamed, they actually downloaded themselves onto a folder somewhere hidden in the computer...

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bill_murry09:29 UTC25 Aug 2013	It's been a while since I visited Oz; are they likely to check laptops at the airport on arrival, and get upset/arresty for things like porn having been viewed? The law seems pretty open to interpretation over what is 'objectionable', or 'imported'...but if computer has accidentally downloaded the occasional scene or kept photos in the 'viewed' folder somewhere (all standard stuff, nothing that would be borderline illegal to watch in most developed places)...whats the view?
phimeow16:10 UTC25 Aug 2013	Unless you are on the child porn watch list, no one cares about what is/was on your laptop	1
dick_n_larger22:11 UTC25 Aug 2013	Yep. Normal practise is to take your laptop out of its sleeve when you are being xrayed to enter the secure part of the terminal. Since you are incoming, even this will not happen to you. So enjoy your porn, fill yer boots and grab yer duty free fags and grog on the way out.	2
justin2301:46 UTC26 Aug 2013	Check the Australia branch. A few more responses to the question you posted there.	3
westwood03:08 UTC26 Aug 2013	accidental. Lol. "The devil made me do it" Your Honour..	4
mothercourage09:04 UTC26 Aug 2013	"accidental is possible - I've done it myself. I was looking for a particular typeface and googled for 'mackintosh font', quite forgetting the implications of dirty old raincoats.	5
westwood09:11 UTC26 Aug 2013	Come on. You dont accidently download porn then leave it on your laptop!!	6
westwood09:13 UTC26 Aug 2013	Come on. You dont accidently download naughty stuff then leave it on your laptop!!	7
mothercourage17:32 UTC26 Aug 2013	Ah well, I'll admit - I didn't download it.. But AFAIK anything you click onto leaves it's 'pattern' on your computer - or am I wrong on that score?	8
cyberia19:42 UTC26 Aug 2013	Get Historykill 2013. Quite cheap and it wipes out all traces, unwanted stuff, thumbnails, etc. Every picture you look at is stored in upto two thousand 4kb thumbnails on your computer (no idea why). Find the folder and delete the lot before going. Anything you don't want customs to see, go to it's properties, and click on Hidden and it will vanish. You can later use the "show Hidden folders" option to find it again.	9
hello_bamboo16:13 UTC30 Aug 2013	Find the folder and delete the lot before going. honestly, unless you are Edward Snowden (or the partner of the Guardian journalist who leaked his material) nobody is going to look at the contents of your laptop. In a decade of frequent work travel with laptop, including to countries like Saudi Arabia and China, nobody has ever asked to check the contents of mu hard drive. nor have i ever heard of this happening.	10
bill_murry09:43 UTC02 Sep 2013	Ok, thanks. Nobody looked. But it is possible to click on a video clip, watch it (like on YouTube), and find months later that some clips were not streamed, they actually downloaded themselves onto a folder somewhere hidden in the computer...	11

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