Originally Posted by
GUWonder
No country does the volume of such searches and has the extensive resources of the US while doing such searches. That makes the US/CBP rather uniquely bad in the world when it comes to this area.
Crossing the US border is uniquely bad in this regard and therewith most deserving of border crossing travelers taking security measures against the US/CBP in this regard too.
Why are you limiting this to the border and to "countries", e.g. governments?
Anybody transporting routine unlcassified but still proprietary trade secrets by way of data ought to be concerned about their laptops and other devices in many countries.
And if all you've got is your shopping list, don't sweat it.