[Someone1234]

That's predicated on an all knowing adversary with unlimited time and budget. In other words it is a largely fictional problem.

Most of the people we're talking about just run off the shelf forensics software and have minimum actual expertise (the government doesn't pay well enough for legitimate experts doing it by hand).

But then again, very few people are crazy enough to modify computer hardware to protect their information. So both sides of this coin might be largely fictional.

[joe_g_young]

I heard of a story of an SD card purchased from china that did not have the disk space specified. In fact, the card would continue to over write the contents without reporting full.

[threatofrain]

Are most people getting their laptops seized?

[Someone1234]

A international borders? It isn't at all uncommon. I've had my electronics searched before.

[jedieaston]

Out of curiosity, if you’re comfortable saying, what country was it and were you a citizen there?

I’m always curious what the breakdown is.

[easytiger]

Entering the USA you can be required to hand over details of social media accounts etc on your ESTA. Pretty horrid stuff.