Can anyone tell me if a person could expect to encounter any difficulty with US Customs if they leave the US with PGP on a lap top machine? Would you be questioned about the contents of your machine? Would you be obliged to demonstrate that the machine was "clean" before it would be permitted to leave the country? Would a person be compelled to divulge the contents of any floppy disks in their possession before leaving the country with them? Perhaps the prudent thing to do is download PGP to your machine after leaving the US. I must take a decision on this matter in a few months. Any advice would be appreciated. Cordially, rarab
At 12:25 PM 09/26/1997 -0700, rarab@buffnet.net wrote:
Can anyone tell me if a person could expect to encounter any difficulty with US Customs if they leave the US with PGP on a lap top machine? Would you be questioned about the contents of your machine?
If you're wearing a suspicious-looking RSA t-shirt and carrying lots of computer stuff, they may ask. If not, they probably won't unless you make an issue of it. As far as the law goes, there's some sort of exception for taking out software for personal use that you're planning to bring back, and not give away to anybody while you're gone. You have to keep a log of the times you've done it, but don't have to produce it when leaving. You may have to be a US citizen to use this. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com Regular Key PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639
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