Reply to post: Unfortunately it's a good idea to not have any data on your laptop when you pass an airport

Unfortunately it's a good idea to not have any data on your laptop when you pass an airport

A clean install of your operating system should be the best state for your laptop to be in... which is BTW also not a bad idea when you go to such a hacker conference. Though hackers are the most friendly and nice group of people I've met, there always is the chance of someone accidentally running an exploit against your machine.