Travelling? Beware at the airport

I know we can't live without our computers, iPads and phones, but if you travel through an airport, beware that you may have to give them up and the passwords to access them.  The American Civil Liberties Union has brought a suit against the US government over its seizure of the laptop of a computer security consultant - a seizure carried out at a Chicago airport about a year ago without a search warrant or any charges of crimes.  Not only can they seize the items, they can demand the passwords to access them.  Whether or not you have to is still being litigated.  For more read here.