Your laptop may be detained at the border, and there's nothing you can do about it

To be fair, they can strip search you too, and have been able to for years, and they don't. Usually. So just because they can seize your launch, your iPod, your Blackberry, your cell phone etc. doesn't mean necessarily that they will. Then again, I could see them arguing that your electronic laptop isn't as personal as your, well, personal laptop. (Of course, their new scanners can see that too, and will, and there's nothing you can do about it.) But it'd be nice to have some clarification about this, whether they're just going to start scanning computer hard drives for pirated music, movies, porn, etc.