Korean Job Discussion Forums

[kinerry]

I'm worried about personal files being looked through if I bring one of my portable hard drives and my laptop.
Laptop is going on the plane for sure, but should I worry about the hard drive? Or should I just mail it?

[andz22]

Sounds like someone has some naughty naughty files which they are ashamed of

[kinerry]

[Kikomom]

If it's in 'picture' form, ditch it now. And if it's child porn, ditch your new job while you're at it. I wouldn't worry too much of Korean officials reading thru any written matter unless it's obviously self-incriminating.

Ah oh... here's the bad news:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/31/tech-downloading-lawsuit-joel-tenenbaum.html

[JasperTeach]

[PeteJB]

So long as your hard drive doesn't contain a bomb, you do not need to concern yourself. If carrying a laptop, they will ask you to set it aside and turn it on for a quick examination.

[AgentM]

[cruisemonkey]

Last summer I took took my Korean government-issued laptop to Canada and the Customs officer asked - if he looked, would he fine anything that shouldn't be there? I smiled and replied "No... do I look stupid?". He just looked at me with a deadpan expression and said "Ok, go ahead." Then I went to the U.S. and was delayed about 20 minutes at Customs while they examined the hard drive (I guess I looked stupid).

[the ireland]

Electronics on the plane......................I thought this was the eagerly awaited follow up to samuel l jackson's 'snakes on a plane'

[andz22]