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Key Advice for Safely Traveling With Your Laptop in Tow

Calendar Mar 14, 2008 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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If you travel across national borders, it's time to customs-proof your laptop. Customs officials have been stepping up electronic searches of laptops at the border, where travelers enjoy little privacy and have no legal grounds to object. Laptops and other electronic devices can be seized without reason, their contents copied, and the hardware returned hours or even weeks later.

Now that we're jumped ahead an hour and are seeing less snow (at least here out east), we can start moving about the world again with our trusty laptops - be sure to give a quick once over of the above article! This includes tips / tools for ALL operating systems to ensure you have properly secured your laptop - wireless hacks, encryption techniques, and general security apply.

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