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- cparsons, on 07/04/2008, -1/+53I was thinking about buying a laptop in the next month but I think I'll just go to the airport.
- badtiki, on 07/04/2008, -1/+23In other news ebay is reporting record sales of laptops, roughly about 10,000 per week
- guyro, on 07/04/2008, -1/+17Note that this is a publicity stunt for Dell's new laptop protection service and that the survey was sponsored by them.
That said, every time I go through those annoying security checkpoints I do wonder if I'm picking up all my stuff at the other side. - Barackalypse, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7Know what else is an insanely high number? The monthly airline passenger numbers, over 50 million a month just in the US.
http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2008/bts022_08/h ... - lazysnake1013, on 07/05/2008, -3/+10Wait... the survey WASN'T conducted in The Pokemon Institute? -_-
- Swift2, on 07/05/2008, -6/+1310,000 a week? I call *****.
- edelay, on 07/05/2008, -2/+810,000 per week. Sounds fishy to me. That would be a half a million laptops per year. Complete BS.
- TdotFUNK, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5Wait. That wasn't a laptop tree I bought from that man for $100? Aw man, my mom's gonna kill me.
- gk128, on 07/05/2008, -4/+8Survey: 10,000 people are dumb enough to use a laptop in public then not take it with them when they grab a coffee or use the restroom.
Put it back in the bag and bring the bag with you dammit. - Sanduu, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4Someone definitely has to do something about this. And people should be more careful.
- GeckoSlayer, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4That's a really scary thought, all those laptops filled with personal information (including bank information, believe it or not, up until last week my parents had bank usernames and password along with ISP username and passwords in an unencrypted plaintext document - the casual user does this also from experience of fixing neighborhood computers)
- agsinger, on 07/03/2008, -3/+7Original story here:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/1477 ...
"The Ponemon survey was commissioned by Dell, which on Monday announced new security services to commercial customers that include tracking and recovery of lost laptops and prevention of data theft.
Dell's laptop tracking service uses technology including GPS (Global Positioning System) to locate and recover lost laptops. The data protection services include the ability to remotely delete data on a hard drive and services to recover data from failed hard drives."
Looks like a PR play from Dell (not too bad, got into a USA Today blog and got msaleem to submit it to Digg)
Still I would get a Lenovo...the X60/X61 is the best choice for a PC laptop. - JrGhoull, on 07/05/2008, -0/+4about a year back i went on my first big trip. I was very nervous, as everything that i was to do just to get there was so different from my normal routine that i wasnt even able to fall asleep that night before having to get up at 5 and start getting ready to head to the airport.
I get there and everything is going well until i find out that you have to put you laptop into a separate box. this totally throws me off. But i say okay (to myself of course, god knows i dont really have much of a right to complain) and put it in. i go hrough the machine, i gather up everything as quickly as possible, and i head out. i go buy breakfast and wait for the plane to begin boarding when i decide to check my bag to make sure everything was in there. chargers? check. mp3 player, shaver, all check. laptop? no go? oh *****. hahah my laptop wasnt in my bag, and i didnt notice it because even though my laptop weighs almost 10 pounds, there was so much other junk in there that it was weighed down enoguh for me not to notice. i run faster than i had in a while back to the checkthrough point while praying to god that they had a lost and found and that nobody took it. praise god/jesus/allah/buddah they did. i saw it and gave a great big sigh of relief. one security guard blocked my view because i think he at first though maybe i was trying to steal it. i told him it was my laptop, he asked me to identify it in someway (thank god the bottom part over the RAM was missing all its paint up or else i would have had a hard time getting it back.
lesson learned: valuables that you are going to be carrying on yourself (mainly gizmos like computers) need to be marked somehow. also, despite all the hurrying, keep calm, and put everything back into your bag slowly and carefully, making sure you have everything. i cant even begin to imagine the hell i would have gone through should i have not realized that i didnt have it. - JrGhoull, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3are you talking purposely, accidentally, or both?
i have no idea how often you go to them but my from point of view after the last trip 6 months ago, they are unbelievably hectic. with all the ***** that you are trying to keep in your head about the trip, and all thats going on around you, its easy to get mixed up and leave something and not realize what you did until its too late.
now if you're talking purposely though... then you get my vote and then some. - s0m31john, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3Some are probably even stolen by the government, they just don't call it stealing when they do it.
- frontporsche, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3The number has grown to 12000 laptops per week, according to this story: http://www.alertboot.com/blog/blogs/endpoint_secur ...
- ShnowDoggie, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3You 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)
- 1807, on 07/04/2008, -3/+6Anyone dumb enough to leave their laptop just sitting somwhere deserves to have it stolen. They get no sympathy from me.
- TdotFUNK, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4Wow. That was vital info.It has changed my life. Dugg for awesomeness.
- tacojohn48, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3I thought about doing some math, but figured somebody else already had it further down. Thanks for supporting my laziness.
- mahomet, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3Freakin' figures, wonder why people can't keep their stuff intact.
- Barackalypse, on 07/05/2008, -0/+355.5 million people flew in the month February of 2008 (Feb is usually the slowest month, BTW), thats 13.875 million per week. Assume 20 percent of them had laptops, that roughly 2.8 million laptops per week going through the airport, and if 10,000 are lost, thats only 0.36%, or roughly 1 in 278 lose their laptop. You think that's so wildly out of line (remember I picked the slowest month the airlines have)?
http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2008/bts022_08/h ... - Barackalypse, on 07/05/2008, -0/+355.5 million people flew in the month February of 2008 (Feb is usually the slowest month, BTW), thats 13.875 million per week. Assume 20 percent of them had laptops, that roughly 2.8 million laptops per week going through the airport, and if 10,000 are lost, thats only 0.36%, or roughly 1 in 278 lose their laptop. You think that's so wildly out of line (remember I picked the slowest month the airlines have)
http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2008/bts022_08/h ... - Ajajadude, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2That's what I was thinking. That's an insanely high number.
- TheMachine1, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3A friend of mine laptop was nearly stole years ago. You put your laptop though the x-ray machine as soon as it clears the crook in front of you grabs it at the same time a crook behind you triggers the metal detector. While your being seached your laptop is on its way to an Ebay auction.
- Ajajadude, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2When you think about it, 50 million a month in the U.S. isn't that high. If you think about just how many people fly several days a week for their job, that number isn't too big.
- antdude, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2It doesn't matter. Thieves can be quick!
I know someone who retrieved all his luggages, and then his bag disappeared from luggage cart when he was in the terminal. - Lith25, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2I doubt any of the security is used for personal problems the passengers have.
- Betrayer, on 07/05/2008, -0/+210,000 / 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? - antdude, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Because people think it won't happen to them.
- Drizzit, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Good, maybe this will bust all those TSA thieves who steal people things when were supposed to be trusting them to keep the bad guys out.
- antdude, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1I know someone who lost his recently in Spain. It wasn't even at the security line. He was retrieving all his luggages, and then his computer bag disappeared from luggage cart when he was in the airport terminal. :(
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http://jeniya.info - SemiSarcastic, on 07/05/2008, -1/+2Why would people be so careless with something that valuable. Laptops don't grow on trees.
- Ajajadude, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1They couldn't care less what happens to your crap once you get into the terminal. As long as it doesn't explode, that is. They're not screening people to see who might be stealing other people's luggage.
- JrGhoull, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1i agree as well. surveys in general are bullsh*t. the probably called people, asked them if they have ever flown in a plane, carry computers, have lost things in the past, and are afraid of losing their laptops. if any one of those questions received a yes then they put down "lost a laptop in an airport" and came up with 10,000. surveys aren't meant to find information, surveys are meant to influence those who read the surveys.
- Goombellaofgoom, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1No, they study trends in animal smuggling. Especially across regional lines.
- JoeLeo, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Handy tips.
- mrBitch, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1No problem, also : There is NO CHARGE for Awesomeness!
http://www.kineda.com/there-is-no-charge-for-aweso ... - Ajajadude, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1If you've got the brain of Paris Hilton, I can see someone screwing that up. I'm pretty damned careful with keeping an eye on my stuff when I go through security. And I've flown out of some airports with some insane security checkpoints.
- Ajajadude, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Unless they have a midget working inside the x-ray machine, I don't see how your stuff can go missing. Unless they're taking your baggage to do a private search without letting you watch.
- mrBitch, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1While this is all about Dell's laptop protection scheme, here's a free utility you can download in case your MacBook or MacBook Pro is stolen :
http://digg.com/apple/VigiMac_Free_tool_to_track_y ...
"VigiMac is a free tool to track your Mac on the Net if it has been stolen.
VigiMac is not intrusive and uses very low bandwidth. Once the script is installed and your Mac is registered, it is possible to know its location in case of theft ... " - 1807, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1maybe some of us are more organized than others but, I tend to remember my PC no matter where I set it down. I mean that's why they made note book carriers right?
- bj00rn, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1I've been traveling for years with two laptops and never had any problem, I always try to keep track of my stuff the best I can. But I can still understand that people can get confused and lose track of their belongings during the stress and fuzz generated by a security checkpoint.
- hellsing47, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1I'm not entire sure if I believe the statistics in the article.
According to this, nearly every minute of the day a laptop is stolen in an airport somewhere. - ZzFDKzZ, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1You should read the articles that you link. It says Customs not TSA.
- CherrySmith123, on 07/07/2008, -0/+0Number 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!! - FlyingPenguin33, on 08/02/2008, -0/+0And then again maybe not. FOLLOWUP:
Do 12,000 laptops go missing each week at U.S. airports?
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/070808-do-12 ... -
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