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Laptops safety at the airports
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- Subject: Laptops safety at the airports
- From: Waldemar Puszkarz <puszkarz@cosm.sc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 05:09:42 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
this is probably an old thread, but what is the consensus if such exists:
is it really safe to expose laptops to x-rays scanners while taking them
aboard of planes? What does this scanning affect in the first place? Is
it a hard drive? Wouldn't it be then prudent to send a hard drive with
the remaining package that, I guess (but correct me if I am wrong) is not
exposed to scanners, provided the hard drive is removable. Of course, one
could not use the laptop on the plane then, but that would be fine with
me anyway.
Your opinion on and your own experience in this matter would be
highly appreciated. I am going for a longer trip to Europe and would
like to have a clear idea of how to protect my TP in this situation.
Thanks in advance,
Waldemar
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