Un Cachito

Cameron,You might want to check globull
( sorry, this is all in French )
this is basically an encrypted bootable USB drive, that you can use on any computer/laptop ( well, the ones that can boot on USB ).And for the records, i obviously do not need this stuff since i have nothing to hide ...

Thanks Gilles. By the way, is that last message for the NSA or CIA, in case they're listening ;)

there is No Such Agency
;-)

You could encrypt your whole hard drive with TrueCrypt. It's in English too :)

Dan,
Part of the problem with that is that they forced one person to give the decryption key for this purpose. The workaround seems to be having all your data stored remotely and then just sucking it down once you reach your destination. That, however, would still be a big pain.

Cameron,
the ultimate encryption is steganography
basically, you have several level of security and it is possible to plausibly deny the existence of higher levels of security.
So if you are asked for your password, you can give one that will only show some non sensitive information ( porn for example ), and you do not disclose your really private stuff ( work, bank accounts, sex tapes, ... ) that require other passwords.But once again, this is totally useless to me :-)

hmm, is there a hidden message in what you said?

As a follow-up to Dan's and Gilles' comments, TrueCrypt supports stenography.http://www.truecrypt.org/hiddenvolume.phpFrom that page:"The principle is that a TrueCrypt volume is created within another TrueCrypt volume (within the free space on the volume). Even when the outer volume is mounted, it is impossible to prove whether there is a hidden volume within it or not, because free space on any TrueCrypt volume is always filled with random data when the volume is created and no part of the (dismounted) hidden volume can be distinguished from random data."I use TrueCrypt on my USB drive just because I'm prone to losing them (they're small!), but if I were required to take a laptop out of country, I'd put a hard drive in it with a very basic install on Linux on it, and use NX or ssh to do all of my work remotely. If I need to go into a facility without an internet connection, then I'd copy the data locally, use it, copy it back to my server when I'm done, and shred it off of the laptop before traveling home (I'd use ext2 to avoid journaling potentially sensitive data).But as I have no immediate plans for leaving the country, this is all just talk. :)