Cross-post from H-Asia:
Comment re: Travel Alert re: Computer Theft
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From: tgrunfeld@sescva.esc.edu
With reference to the posting regarding airport security:
I travel a lot with my laptop computer and I appreciate the advice.
However, this is what I do. I never put my computer on the conveyor belt
to go through the X-Ray machine. The accumulated rays could have an adverse
effect on the computer and the hard drive. I take the computer out of the
case and hand it to an agent who holds it for me as I go through the
metal detector. When I am through I take it and turn it on for
inspection. I never take my eyes off the computer since it is never hidden from
me inside the machine.
A. Tom Grunfeld
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