Quote from: PrimeNumber7 on January 01, 2020, 11:02:43 PM

The chances of your electronic device being searched at the boarder is low. In 2018, only about 33k people had their devices searched out of hundreds of millions of people entering the country.

The answer to your question is fairly simple, and does not matter which type of disk you are trying to cross the border with (and you do not allow CBP to see unencrypted data). (if the CBP attempts to search the disk)If you are a US citizen, you will eventually be allowed to enter the country, although you may first be detained. If you are not a US citizen or permanent resident, you will probably not be allowed to enter the country. CBP may make an image of the disk to try to decrypt it off site or possibly at a later time (for example if weaknesses of a particular encryption algorithm is discovered in the future). There is no law against carrying encrypted data across the border, and no requirement that you disclose any decryption keys.

That's a lot higher than I thought!

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If you aren't a US citizen then encryption might not even be legal for you

A law that says non-citizens aren't allowed to use encryption doesn't exist.

Quote from: paxmao on January 02, 2020, 11:16:43 PM

Quote from: UNOE on January 01, 2020, 06:14:14 PM

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The chances of the border police asking what's on your disk are probably around 1 in a million. At best.
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I cross borders many times a year. I am "randomly selected for a in-depth search" 1 of every 3. Welcome to my world.

But they don't check the content of your disk?
Those are still high numbers!
Are you on some sort of list? o.o