[47256] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crypto anarchist getting through customs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Dolan)
Mon Jan 15 19:45:32 1996
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 19:32:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Brad Dolan <bdolan@use.usit.net>
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <ad1ff257040210044402@[205.199.118.202]>
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
>
> Frequent travellers to Europe will no doubt confirm what I'm saying. I
> travelled to dozens of countries in Europe a while back, and never was
> checked at any borders, save for a quick glance at my passport.
>
> --Tim May
This may, in part, depend on your mode of transport. Or maybe the phase
of the moon.
In June of '93, I took a train from Rome to Nice, something which
had worked nicely for me in the past. That time we were all
uncermoniously dumped out at a whistle-stop border checkpoint and forced
to carry our luggage past some guys in uniforms. I think some people got
a quiz, though I did not. After an hour or two, they let us board a
*different* train to complete the last little bit of our journey.
That's the only border harassment I've experienced in Western Europe.
Eastern Europe has been more interesting on occasion.
Brad
