Comments on: Laptops and Airports: A Bad Mix?

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:20:08 +0000

I don’t understand. Are we saying ‘lost’ as in ‘I lost my laptop from the time I put it in the scanner to the time I exited the security checkpoint?’ Or ‘lost’ as in, ‘I was an idiot when I left my laptop at the gate while I went to the bathroom and it wasn’t there when I got back?’

By: austinandrew

austinandrew — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:06:48 +0000

We could cut this # in half if they didn’t make us take our laptops out of the bag to get through security…

By: Khürt

Khürt — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:33:20 +0000

Not a grain of salt. An ocean of truth. Encrypt your laptop if you travel often. A username and password is insufficient protection.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:29:18 +0000

…or maybe fewer of the travelers going to and from Vegas have laptops with them than travelers going to and from LA? LA is less of a vacation destination than Vegas is, after all, and people who aren’t completely email addicted are more likely to travel sans laptop on vacation than other times, I would think.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:24:33 +0000

I don’t even bother taking my laptop with me when I travel anymore. It is too much of a hassle to take it out, along with juggling carry on luggage (because I’m scared they’ll lose my luggage) and trying to take off my shoes.