operaghost on 20/5/2010 at 03:15
Is it ok to ship personal hard drives across borders? I'm in Japan and am waiting to get a hard drive from the US. Are there any customs regulations that will delay it? How likely is it they'll pick through the contents?
CCCToad on 20/5/2010 at 03:16
Couldn't give you anything statistical, but there was one case where they smashed a girl's hard drive when she was taking it into Rrance.
rsawarhawk on 20/5/2010 at 03:47
What company did you use to ship it? It really shouldn't be a problem , we have shipped lots of our electronics over seas. The chances of them looking through it is also low they really couldn't care about that stuff usually , the only problem I can think of is they may x - ray it.. that might cause some problems.
Medlar on 20/5/2010 at 07:56
You shouldn't have a problem, last year while I was in the US I shipped two laptop hard drives home to the UK, there was no evidence of tampering.
BrokenArts on 20/5/2010 at 13:21
Only problem would probably be hazardous chemicals.
Nicker on 21/5/2010 at 00:06
Make sure it is scrubbed and shredded of any pron.
Martin Karne on 21/5/2010 at 07:20
Encrypt that alien lizard pr0n images into a secure drive.
242 on 21/5/2010 at 09:18
Quote Posted by Nicker
Make sure it is scrubbed and shredded of any pron.
What, is it prohibited to send pron overseas? ;)
operaghost on 22/5/2010 at 00:32
The hard drive has a few adult videos, no more than 5 vids. Quite a few movies, a bunch of DVD rips, apps and game iso's. The person who sent it doesn't know anything about encrypting but I've heard no one bothers looking at it anyway.
Nicker on 22/5/2010 at 00:38
Quote Posted by 242
What, is it prohibited to send pron overseas? ;)
Depending on what jurisdictions it passes through. Some, like Canada, have extremely broad definitions of child pornography. It's not worth the risk.
Similarly, encrypted files or partitions may be grounds to confiscate a drive or storage device.
Illegal Copyright material might get you in trouble too. If this drive is crucial it would be best to purge (shred,not delete) any questionable material.
