My company already issues burner devices to executives when they travel to certain parts of the world, maybe its time we start lumping the USA in with China in this regard....
Industrial espionage is the only goal of this program. After Snowden revealed that the CIA was eavesdropping on allied political leaders like Angela Merkel, stuff like this is the new normal. Assume the worst and don't carry anything through airport security that you are not comfortable with sharing with foreign governments and your competitors.
This is not about child pornography or terrorism. Honestly, who is stupid enough to engage in that kind of stuff and walk through airport security with incriminating evidence. This is not a thing and hasn't been for decades. Anybody that stupid would be effectively harmless owing to the fact that they would be complete morons.