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rfnslyr on Dec 12, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Backpacker stripped of tech gear at Auckland Airpo...

> Border officials won't have a clue. If they confiscate your laptop, buy a new one.

Is that really your mentality? That's fucked up. If they take away my $3000 work mac I'd be absolutely livid.

Actually I'm travelling soon. What precautions should I take? What can I even do if they take my electronics?

anoncowherd on Dec 13, 2013 [–]

>> What can I even do if they take my electronics?

"Write to your representatives!!" .. nah, I'm kidding. You can't do shit about it. We live in an increasingly totalitarian world, as the article shows. It's fucking insane.

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