Comments on: Rename filenames, avoid laptop confiscation http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/rename-filenames-avoid-laptop-confiscation/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:26:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Better Living Through Miles http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/rename-filenames-avoid-laptop-confiscation/#comment-355 Better Living Through Miles Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:23:42 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/rename-filenames-avoid-laptop-confiscation/#comment-355 Also consider: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-biztravel4nov04,0,3063025.story?coll=la-headlines-business Also consider:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-biztravel4nov04,0,3063025.story?coll=la-headlines-business

]]> By: TierFlyer http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/rename-filenames-avoid-laptop-confiscation/#comment-339 TierFlyer Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:48:31 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/rename-filenames-avoid-laptop-confiscation/#comment-339 Well, backing up files before a trip is good. I do it before any trip and ever Friday (when home). I'm considering one of those background program thingies that backs up file too. Anyway, I sent an email to a dozen or so people who work with me (all big travellers) and none of them had ever seen or heard of such a thing. I suspect your experience, while spooky, is quite rare. Well, backing up files before a trip is good. I do it before any trip and ever Friday (when home). I’m considering one of those background program thingies that backs up file too.

Anyway, I sent an email to a dozen or so people who work with me (all big travellers) and none of them had ever seen or heard of such a thing.

I suspect your experience, while spooky, is quite rare.

]]> By: Better Living Through Miles http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/rename-filenames-avoid-laptop-confiscation/#comment-338 Better Living Through Miles Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:47:34 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/rename-filenames-avoid-laptop-confiscation/#comment-338 My laptop has been opened and turned on once by TSA during a SSSS. But this is slightly different, and primarily a US Customs issue. See here for some more info.: http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/24/business/laptop.php Is it rare? Yes. Can it happen? Yes. Will I be renaming files "cookie recipe"? No. But I'll be better about backing up files, for sure... My laptop has been opened and turned on once by TSA during a SSSS. But this is slightly different, and primarily a US Customs issue. See here for some more info.:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/24/business/laptop.php

Is it rare? Yes. Can it happen? Yes. Will I be renaming files “cookie recipe”? No. But I’ll be better about backing up files, for sure…

]]> By: TierFlyer http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/rename-filenames-avoid-laptop-confiscation/#comment-337 TierFlyer Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:45:47 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/rename-filenames-avoid-laptop-confiscation/#comment-337 What a load of southbound end of northbound horse byproduct. In hundreds of trips since 911 I've never seen a laptop opened, much less inspected. Why not worry about carrying pictures of your Aunt Fanny next to the Golden Gate? Sheeeesh. What a load of southbound end of northbound horse byproduct.

In hundreds of trips since 911 I’ve never seen a laptop opened, much less inspected.

Why not worry about carrying pictures of your Aunt Fanny next to the Golden Gate?

Sheeeesh.

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