Australian Customs Laptop Inspections

[hk330busdriver]

My laptop was check in Adl a week or so ago. I was told to power up the laptop and they took it away to check. The computer was returned some 5 minutes later. I was asked if there was any illegal pornography on the laptop prior to it being taken away.

On returning to Australia (I'm based) I asked some of the customs folk I know about this procedure and was told they were specifically targeting child porn and was told quote "you wouldn't believe some of the stuff we're catching".

For those that are worried about the odd MP3 or copied software I have had discussed this with customs only recently. I was told that a few copies of movies software etc was not worth chasing as it required the involvement of the copyright holder. I have been told that they are only interested in volume or multiple copies of the same title. For reference I had both music and some software on my laptop.