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Is Your Laptop At Risk While Traveling?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the use-more-bubblewrap dept.

Editorgirl35 writes "Here's an interesting story on DesignNews.com With last week's announcement that the British government thwarted an alleged terrorist attack planned for flights from the U.K. to the U.S., news that travelers are required to check their laptops as baggage on some flights has raised a new level of panic as they try to figure out the best way to protect their laptops."

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  1. Re:Baggage Check? by megaditto · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    iBooks have a tilt sensor... So one could set it to wait until the departure time, then activate the sensor and wait for tilt AFTER the departure is scheduled (to prevent baggage handler triggering).

    Oh, even better, an Ahmed can check in the iBook, then not even show up for the flight! And 4 hour battery uptime should cover the delays.

    Why does Apple help terrorists?

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    Obama likes poor people so much, he wants to make more of them.
  2. Re:Soln: Profile passengers, or go on pretending. by robogun · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    AC said:
    McVeigh, thats got a nice Muslim ring to it, right?

    Yeah, let's whip out all the lone wolves and their deacdes ago one off attacks.

    The simple fact of the matter is the CURRENT problem is ISLAMIC extremists who have PUBLICLY VOWED they will kill us any way possible, however long it takes, however many times they have to try. And they will try even if they have to kill themselves in the process, an exclusively Islamic trait you conveniently leave out with your little list.

    In every thread like this there is some academic robot defending that with that obsolete PC attitude, and it is going to take some unspeakable Islamic horror before you wake up. Or do you advocate acceding to their demands which are 1) Destroy Israel and 2) Convert to Islam