blogs.usatoday.com — More than 10,000 laptops are lost or stolen each week at U.S. airports, says security industry executive Richard Stiennon in a blog for NetworkWorld.com. He cites a survey conducted by The Ponemon Institute, a monitor of privacy and security issues.
Jul 3, 2008 View in Crawl 4
badtikiJul 4, 2008
In other news ebay is reporting record sales of laptops, roughly about 10,000 per week
pirlokJul 4, 2008
what a coincidence:) hopefully this joke doesn't become a fact..
pyroticJul 5, 2008
Half a million laptops stolen at airports a year? And we're first hearing about it from some Dell survey. Right..
axisdeniedJul 5, 2008
Remember... all the checkpoints and police are for your safety and security!Ahem. FAIL.
Closed AccountJul 5, 2008
I had my laptop covered with a variety of stickers, including a nice big one warning of Electrocution Potential. It always made the TSA agents take notice which in turn meant it much less likely to get pinched.
ajajadudeJul 5, 2008
That's what I was thinking. That's an insanely high number.
betrayerJul 5, 2008
10,000 / 7 days a week = 1428 laptops per day or 59 every hour. how can this be possible in the most secured/patrolled and VIDEOed checkpoints in the world?
shnowdoggieJul 5, 2008
You have to put the laptop on the xray machine belt. Then you walk through the person xray. Randomly you can get pulled aside for a an extra pat down. When that happens you are separated from your stuff. (You also can get pulled aside for a far more complete check, but in that case you are pulled aside with your carry-on)
mrbitchJul 5, 2008
No problem, also : There is NO CHARGE for Awesomeness!<a class="user" href="http://www.kineda.com/there-is-no-charge-for-awesomeness-t-shirt/">http://www.kineda.com/there-is-no-charge-for-aweso ...</a>
cherrysmith123Jul 7, 2008
Number one, People need to watch their things better...Especially in an airport....I had someone jack a xmas card unopened with money in it from my parents to my bf and I never sat anything down without keeping an eye out..............People are slick, must be careful!!
flyingpenguin33Aug 2, 2008
And then again maybe not. FOLLOWUP:Do 12,000 laptops go missing each week at U.S. airports?<a class="user" href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/070808-do-12000-laptops-go-missing.html?nlhtsec=rn_071008&nladname=071008securityal">http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/070808-do-12 ...</a>
oneillsdc5Aug 27, 2008
an update, on the bogusness of this survey:<a class="user" href="http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2008/08/should_you_believe_fliers_lose.html">http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2008/08/s ...</a>