Having an external HD on you with movies etc - problem?

[Dale Dough]

See title. Are they allowed to search my HD in airports etc?

[oddjob]

why would they?

[Dale Dough]

Don't know, just wondering. Got my new toy today, and I'm about to visit my folks in a few weeks, and the thought just came to mind.

I'm pretty sure they give you [censored] if they search you and find a bunch of $2 DVD's. These days a laptop, external HD or ipod seems the more efficient way to do this, so why wouldn't they? Only been searched twice and it was pretty thorough, but I didn't have any of the aforementioned on me at the time.

Or do they only care about import taxes vs. copyright infringement?

[Jazzy3113]

I dropped mine the other week and it broke. I had 500GB worth of movies and music gone. It cost 400 and sea gate wants 2k to recover data. woe is me.

[nation]

i cant see why there would be a problem. you take your laptop on airplanes right?

[BrookTrout]

They won't care/won't be able to figure out how to see what's on it. Long as it's not ticking or stuffed with drugs, you will have no problems.

[pr0crast]

If you really care, encrypt your external HD. Problem solved.