DC20: Questions regarding device inspections at the airport

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>]

Hi Tzafrir!

Thanks for organizing DebConf20 in Israel, I'm looking forward to
traveling to Haifa, the Silicon Valley of the Middle East.

Now, I have done some initial research regarding traveling to Israel
on the website of my country's department of foreign affairs, I'm
traveling from Germany.

One note mentioned there is that at the airports, laptops might get
confiscated by border patrol agents for examination. This can last
several days and in such cases, the laptop is sent back for free [1].

Can you make any comment on this? Is this a common situation or rather
exceptional? I would definitely love going to Haifa for DebConf, but I
would have a problem with my laptop being confiscated for no particular
reasons.

Thanks,
Adrian

> [1] https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/laender/israel-node/israelsicherheit/203814#content_3

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