Topic: A question about travelling with jailbroken/rooted tablets, and pirated OS.

[noknoknok]

Is it risky to travel to US while carrying a laptop with a pirated OS and a rooted (aka jailbroken) android tablet?

It's my first time travelling to the US and i'm staying there for 6 months. i'm contemplating on unrooting my tablet and formatting my lappy, fearing inspection from US airport customs.

any experience with airport security/customs you guys like to share?

advance pasasalamat sa mga espiya's na makakapag advice sa akin regarding my conundrum.

[synchrocyclotron]

at sa moral support ka pa nag post...

[MrKanor]

i doubt na may magchecheck ng laptop sa airport. Maliban nalang kung naaresto ka for serious criminal case at na confiscate yung gamit mo.
otherwise, this would violate privacy law.

Sa case ng jail broken iphones and android.. its totally legal, the phone is yours you can do pretty much anything na walang ninanakaw. Nagiging illegal lang kapag nag install ka ng pirated software, pagnanakaw na yun. pero once again, cellphones are private item.

[gr4ntur1smo]

ok naman no worries... kahit jailbroken o hindi.. hindi na iinspecsyunin nyan.... kasi its personal..
sabi nga nila kung may international threat ka un ang todong inspection .. pero your an innocent personnel wala un.. okies

[jagger60]

wala nang problema sa US pag dating sa mga inspection ng laptop and other electronic devices..huwag ka lang mapag kamalan terorista galing ako new jersey last year, kailangan lang ilabas ng hand carry bag yung laptop pag daan sa x-ray conveyor...yung ngang anim na pirasong pirated tagalog movies na dala ko ay nakarating naman sa anak ko...yun lang kasi gustong pasalubong, kaya kahit na bawal ay bumili ako sa greenhills he he

[superdirkno]

hindi nila iniinspect kung pirated ang OS ng PC or celfone sa mga airport.. kung sakaling mag inspect man sila kalimitan hinahanap nila eh ung mga illegal files like baby porn (child pornography)..   

[noknoknok]

thank you everyone