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Laptop stickers, and don't let your belongings out of your sight at the airport.

by bagels 3y ago

placesalt 3y ago
I was going to post the same thing. A moral of the story is: put a sticker on the cover of your laptop. Similarly, a bit of flagging tape[1] on luggage isn't a bad idea. Having an expensive and precious belonging that looks exactly the same as an uncountable number of other people's belongings is, on the face of it, unwise. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagging_(tape) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagging_(tape)
- jabroni_salad 3y ago
  I wrap the handles of all my travel stuff in patterned washi tape. Multiple times at luggage return I have seen someone else pick it up and then immediately set it back down.
jojobas 3y ago
Better yet, don't use hardware backdoored at the factory.
- lolinder 3y ago
  Not an option for a lot of people who don't get to choose what they use for work.
  - wkat4242 3y ago
    No but Apple is much easier with unlocking business managed Macs when you have AppleCare Enterprise and can prove the company bought it. Besides, if that happens it's the company's problem, not yours. And they tend to care much more about the data on stolen devices than the hardware itself.
    - lolinder 3y ago
      True enough.
  - DanAtC 3y ago
    Then it's work's problem
grecy 3y ago
> don't let your belongings out of your sight at the airport. I try extremely hard to do this, but last time I flew it was chaos at the x-ray, and my laptop got way ahead of me, and was sitting on the other side for at least a few minutes before I was able to get through and get it. Sometimes, there is nothing you can do.
- jms703 3y ago
  Get TSA precheck. Your laptop stays in the bag.
  - grecy 3y ago
    I was at one of the airports on the planet outside the USA.
pwim 3y ago
Yes, I was kicking myself for not putting a sticker on it. I didn't mention it in the article, but I was going through security with my young child, so it was a bit of a hectic situation to begin with.
mmcgaha 3y ago
I came looking exactly for this comment to vote up. I am 50 and I sicker up my laptop like a middle-schooler's trapper keeper.

Laptop stickers, and don't let your belongings out of your sight at the airport.

by bagels 3y ago

Laptop stickers, and don't let your belongings out of your sight at the airport.

I was going to post the same thing. A moral of the story is: put a sticker on the cover of your laptop. Similarly, a bit of flagging tape[1] on luggage isn't a bad idea. Having an expensive and precious belonging that looks exactly the same as an uncountable number of other people's belongings is, on the face of it, unwise. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagging_(tape) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagging_(tape)

jabroni_salad 3y ago
I wrap the handles of all my travel stuff in patterned washi tape. Multiple times at luggage return I have seen someone else pick it up and then immediately set it back down.

jojobas 3y ago

Better yet, don't use hardware backdoored at the factory.

lolinder 3y ago
Not an option for a lot of people who don't get to choose what they use for work.
- wkat4242 3y ago
  No but Apple is much easier with unlocking business managed Macs when you have AppleCare Enterprise and can prove the company bought it. Besides, if that happens it's the company's problem, not yours. And they tend to care much more about the data on stolen devices than the hardware itself.
  - lolinder 3y ago
    True enough.
- DanAtC 3y ago
  Then it's work's problem

grecy 3y ago

> don't let your belongings out of your sight at the airport. I try extremely hard to do this, but last time I flew it was chaos at the x-ray, and my laptop got way ahead of me, and was sitting on the other side for at least a few minutes before I was able to get through and get it. Sometimes, there is nothing you can do.

jms703 3y ago
Get TSA precheck. Your laptop stays in the bag.
- grecy 3y ago
  I was at one of the airports on the planet outside the USA.

pwim 3y ago

Yes, I was kicking myself for not putting a sticker on it. I didn't mention it in the article, but I was going through security with my young child, so it was a bit of a hectic situation to begin with.

mmcgaha 3y ago

I came looking exactly for this comment to vote up. I am 50 and I sicker up my laptop like a middle-schooler's trapper keeper.