Hal65 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Porn is illegal in Thailand. Has anyone ever seen a porn related conviction that involves personal amounts and no crazy other things (eg children etc)? Asking because I cross into Laos and back 1 or 2 times a year with my laptop and am curious about the actual risks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneEyedPie Posted November 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2018 Don't travel with porn of any persuasion on your laptop. Not worth the aggravation if pulled up. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Peterw42 Posted November 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2018 Interested to know what would be considered a "personal" amount ? 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wgdanson Posted November 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2018 25 minutes ago, Peterw42 said: Interested to know what would be considered a "personal" amount ? A sufficient amout for one J Arthur? 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal65 Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 By personal amount I mean you're not smuggling a bunch of porn DVDs or something else that could be considered commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post White Christmas13 Posted November 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2018 Don't worry on TVF we have heaps of porn ( food porn, bike porn eg) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PatOngo Posted November 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2018 28 minutes ago, wgdanson said: A sufficient amout for one J Arthur? Now that's a bit rank! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Just encrypt (part of) your hard disk - problems solved. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted November 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2018 Unless you have some particularly, er, "specialist" tastes (or even if you do) there's enough online material (access via a VPN) that you can avoid carrying anything with you. If you really must take your own stash, a (readily concealed or hidden in plain sight) micro-SD encrypted with VeraCrypt (son of TrueCrypt) using the "plausible deniabilty" functionality would work for most casual inspections (I would definitely not risk the US). I long ago gave up carrying anything that could be construed as iffy by some of the countries I visit, not that I graduated much past Mary Millington and Auntie Jayne (yes, I'm that old). A decently fast internet connection gives me VPN access to my NAS at home where important data (banking and work of course) resides. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 With so many free sites now why the need to "store" any in your computer? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvinmelvin Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 in the Thai legal context what is porn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted November 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, melvinmelvin said: in the Thai legal context what is porn? A girls name ???? 4 1 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formaleins Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 13 hours ago, Peterw42 said: Interested to know what would be considered a "personal" amount ? about 5 minutes I imagine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvinmelvin Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, Crossy said: A girls name ???? hehe, right but seriously, do they have a legal definition of porn or is it up to the officer looking to decide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThaidDown Posted November 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2018 14 minutes ago, melvinmelvin said: hehe, right but seriously, do they have a legal definition of porn or is it up to the officer looking to decide? If it causes the Officer viewing it to get a stiffy then it is porn. 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 I imagine I would worry a bit if I brought back box set of a few seasons of Game of Thrones to Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 What about photos stored in your pictures file of all those women who gave permission, during and after for my ongoing collection, would that be considered porn ? Personal use of course ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quandow Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 One time many years ago I was traveling INTO the states. This little immigration freak with a Napoleonic complex broke out a fine tooth comb and dug down deep into the bowels of my laptop. I had an email download of three nude girls, obviously of legal age, on their knees with lit sparklers sticking out their individual bums. It was a 4th of July joke, and this little butt wipe sweated me for what seemed forever. He kept saying, "Oh, you're in a lot of trouble!" Eventually a supervisor came over, looked at the pic, looked at lil Napoleon, looked at me and said, "Get outta here." Now, every time I travel across an international border, I wipe a drive, install a fresh copy of generic Win 7, and have no worries. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingjock Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Formaleins said: about 5 minutes I imagine. Is that called a quicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Crossy said: Unless you have some particularly, er, "specialist" tastes (or even if you do) there's enough online material (access via a VPN) that you can avoid carrying anything with you. If you really must take your own stash, a (readily concealed or hidden in plain sight) micro-SD encrypted with VeraCrypt (son of TrueCrypt) using the "plausible deniabilty" functionality would work for most casual inspections (I would definitely not risk the US). I long ago gave up carrying anything that could be construed as iffy by some of the countries I visit, not that I graduated much past Mary Millington and Auntie Jayne (yes, I'm that old). A decently fast internet connection gives me VPN access to my NAS at home where important data (banking and work of course) resides. At last, a smart/clever thinker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 53 minutes ago, quandow said: One time many years ago I was traveling INTO the states. This little immigration freak with a Napoleonic complex broke out a fine tooth comb and dug down deep into the bowels of my laptop. I had an email download of three nude girls, obviously of legal age, on their knees with lit sparklers sticking out their individual bums. It was a 4th of July joke, and this little butt wipe sweated me for what seemed forever. He kept saying, "Oh, you're in a lot of trouble!" Eventually a supervisor came over, looked at the pic, looked at lil Napoleon, looked at me and said, "Get outta here." Now, every time I travel across an international border, I wipe a drive, install a fresh copy of generic Win 7, and have no worries. You actually wipe and reinstall windows every-time you cross a border ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janclaes47 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Going by the posts in this thread porn , or even nude pictures, now seems to be outlawed in the entire world. Did I miss something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 37 minutes ago, lvr181 said: At last, a smart/clever thinker. Surely a smart/clever w--k-r ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 I think with a lot of this sort of thing the laws are way behind the technology. What is the definition of porn, an original photo, a photoshopped photo, a drawing etc. What is considered to be "on a device", the dedicated cloud storage for the device, a link to material, an encrypted copy of some porn , porn attached to an unopened email etc. If I go searching for a "creampie" recipe and get hammered with all sorts of popups, thats images on my laptop (in the cache). If one of those images is appropriately aged, consenting adults but someone has photoshopped the face of a minor onto the pic ??? What if I have some illegal porn on my device but its encrypted, in a hidden folder etc etc. It opens a can of worms that most laws do not address. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac98 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 4 hours ago, dotpoom said: With so many free sites now why the need to "store" any in your computer? Maybe you don't need to store anything, just a "history" of viewing it. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timendres Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 4 hours ago, melvinmelvin said: hehe, right but seriously, do they have a legal definition of porn or is it up to the officer looking to decide? There is a legal definition, and it is sufficiently vague that it would cover half of the commercials you see on television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvinmelvin Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 26 minutes ago, timendres said: There is a legal definition, and it is sufficiently vague that it would cover half of the commercials you see on television. why am I not surprised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandor Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 17 hours ago, White Christmas13 said: Don't worry on TVF we have heaps of porn ( food porn, bike porn eg) ..porn agains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneEyedPie Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 2 hours ago, janclaes47 said: Going by the posts in this thread porn , or even nude pictures, now seems to be outlawed in the entire world. Depends where you go, but the main gist of the topic is whether you prefer an uneventful traipse through immigration or whether you want to risk a whole world of additional pain. There's enough to contend with, whether arriving or departing, and having questionable content on your electronic device(s) only adds to immigrations, ahem, excitement. Up to you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kekalot Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 when I used to travel back and forth to Canada (for more than a few days) I would bring my desktop computer in parts in my suitcase including hard drives. I was stopped once I think it was in Japan and asked if I had porn on my hard drive to which I chuckled and said "why would I bring porn on my hard drives, when you can access it in 3 seconds online?" that got him to stop his questioning. technically, I guess i must have had some saucy pictures of my gf on the hard drive at that time.. but really. if you want to save some, you can use something like Google Drive where it will be stored online. you can always disconnect the account, delete the folder and then redownload when you are "home" (or just view them online?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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