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Originally Posted by nono1973
As for pornography material,i have not heard of laws that says such material in a personal laptop/phones/devices for a tourist were illegal unless its being broadcast/sold to the public. Of course ,that would be rather subjective as there will always be grey areas around.
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This seems to me a typical item that COULD be used to make life difficult to someone, IF police wants to give hard time to someone for any other reason.
First of all - local people with sound expertise please correct me if I am wrong - as far as I knew pornography is illegal not only in Indonesia but also in Singapore. Don't laugh, but in spite of the huge amount of pornography we consume daily in Singapore (ahem....
) all that is illegal. It cannot be imported neither detained to Singapore.
As a matter of fact, even SB had to me moved on some foreign server.
This is law, but in practice you know it's easy to buy even XXX DVDs in street markets of Batam. I know a girl in Batam who was so excited to tell me she buys DVDs and watches them in her room.
Said this, I keep the porn material I may have on my laptop well secure in an encrypted container, which (I believe based on sound technical arguments) could not be opened even by the NSA (unless they don't find the password, which is not weak yet not so strong).
However, what about a collection of photos of local girls? I am afraid that, IF police needs some excuse to give you hard time, this could be used in some way, but this is pure speculation.
I conclude with two hints:
1) if you want to bring porn material with you, store it in an encrypted container (not all are good, but enough to keep it safe from curious people)
2) if you want to watch porn material in your room, don't bring DVDs with you (better to avoid to be intercepted at the customs). You can buy them in Batam, or better use a VPN to access porn web sites using the normal Internet access of your hotel.
Enjoy