Travelers' Laptops May Be Detained At Border

International travelers will increasingly rely on cloud computing for document storage and applications due to fear of confiscation of laptops.  Additionally sales of 'secondary' laptops, inexpensive sub-notebooks like the Acius EeePC, will see an increase as fears of losing one's laptop increase.

Every professional has a toolkit: for the handyman it is their screwdrivers and wrenches; for the photographer it is his favorite camera and lenses; for the travelling consultant it is what is in his head, and also the cumulation of years of experience in computer files, templates and examples.  Take this away, potentially without cause, and what value are customers getting?  Who...

As U.S. government policy becomes more invasive with regards to physical data tools, the externalities of such behavior will drive the emergence of better-marketed virtual tools accessible via internet. For example, business travelers will not want to risk their private notes/communications being compromised, and hence will seek to upload them to a server using encryption before crossing the U.S....