If you travel for business or financial reasons you should probably not bring anything but a completely wiped laptop, pass through customs, then transfer data with an encrypted protocol.
Even 10 years ago this was deeply suspicious in places like Canada, but "company policy" is a good excuse for having a clean laptop.
Also, you never know what websites and pre-fetch links deposit child porn in your cache. Even something like cartoon comedy porn of The Simpsons is absolutely illegal in Sharia law countries like Canada. Better safe than sorry.
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