Ask Slashdot: How To Secure My Life-In-A-Briefcase?

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 13, 2012 @06:28AM from the nix-the-self-destruct-button dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I used to travel with a book and some clothes in a backpack, and now my entire life fits into my briefcase. I have a laptop, a tablet, and a cell phone with access to all of my documents through Dropbox, and all the books I own are on my kindle. Aside from having about four grand in electronics, the bag has everything of value that I own. If that bag is stolen while I'm traveling, it will be more trouble than if my apartment burns down (while I'm not in it). What can I do to secure my life-in-a-briefcase?"

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Re:Don't do this! by drkim · 2012-05-13 11:00 · Score: 5, Informative

Don't put your bag on the belt until the previous person has cleared the detector.
There are actually teams of two that work this way:
Bad#1 Walks through detector
You put your stuff on the belt
Bad#2 Gets delayed at the detector (Ooops! I forgot those keys)
Bad#1 Picks up your stuff
Bad#2 is visually distracting you, goes though the detector again, gets delayed, or finally clears
Your stuff is long gone, as is Bad#1