Internet access, in major areas, is something that costs hotels very little. In fact, discount roadside places that Janet Leigh might have turned down in favor of the Bates motel offer the service for free. Why do the major hotel chains continue to charge hefty fees for Internet access?
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Since 9/11, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has had a program of random inspection of electronic media at the border. Without reasonable suspicion or probable cause, CBP has confiscated laptops and other electronic devices for weeks or even years. Ned Levi brings you up to date on the latest news about this serious problem for international travelers.
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Ned discusses the latest news about the Customs and Border Patrol’s program to randomly search and seize laptops, digital cameras, cellphones and other electronic devices at the border, without warrants, reasonable suspicion or probable cause, and what travelers can do to protect their privacy and security.
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A Ponemon Institute study states 12,000 traveler laptops go lost missing or stolen each week at US airports. Gartner, Inc. says a laptop is stolen in the US every 53 seconds. Ned Levi reports on the startling statistics and how you can protect your laptop and data.
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Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., has introduced legislation forbidding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from searches of travelers’ computer hard drives without reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. Tripso has reported on heavy-handed DHS searches and confiscation. It is nice to see that someone in the Senate is paying attention this unfettered federal intrusion into our freedom.
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Turns out the Department of Homeland Security isn’t the only agency confiscating traveler’s laptops. Foreign governments are targeting the PCs of US corporate and government personnel traveling abroad, according to a secret document released last week. And it’s about to get worse.
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The Transportation Security Administration wants to eliminate one of the more tedious tasks of air travelers — removing their laptop computers from their bags and sending them through the X-ray machine.
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