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Have you ever been asked for your laptop password at airport security? Is this a thing?

I was traveling domestically in Japan and security asked for laptop password. This obviously set off red flags immediately, especially considering I didn’t have a laptop with me. If I did, I would’ve denied them access without question but it’s strange that they even asked me. It wasn’t even customs… just regular ol’ security screening.

Also, looking around, I didn’t see any manual inspections of any other laptops around me. It’s as if I was singled out.
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scottie 3mo ago

Never heard of or experienced this in Japan. My first thought is they weren’t actually security. Did they ask in Japanese or English? Even stranger is you said you didn’t even have a laptop.

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HoloKat 3mo ago

Def were security and asked me in English.

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scottie 3mo ago

Can’t find anything definite, but apparently New Zealand has a law that requires you to submit passwords or pins or receive a fine. Seems to be unique in the fine aspect, but perhaps other countries would just refuse entry?? What is strange is that it was domestic travel.