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Portable hard drive through airport security?
I'm considering moving across the country and trying to plan some
details of the move. I have a portable USB hard drive that contains some confidential info (I.e. passwords) that somehow needs to get from where I live now to where I'll be moving. -- First, don't anyone say not to store passwords on a portable drive because I use a different one for each account, for security, and I have way too many too remember them all. -- I figure the most secure way to store the drive is to keep it either locked away or with me at all times, rather than with whatever moving service I use. I'm not worried about the metal detector. What I'm wondering is if security will let the item through. It would be a drive by itself, so I'd have no way to demonstrate it working, like I've heard is often asked of laptop users. Would they simply let it be X-ray scanned then allow it through? |
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Portable hard drive through airport security?
BubbaGump BubbaGump@localhost wrote:
What I'm wondering is if security will let the item through. It would be a drive by itself, so I'd have no way to demonstrate it working, like I've heard is often asked of laptop users. Would they simply let it be X-ray scanned then allow it through? People bring all sorts of electronics through security, like electronics technicians on their way to a job. They will want to pass it through the xray machine, and might look more closely at it if the machine operator wants to pull it aside. Otherwise, it shouldn't be a problem. |
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Portable hard drive through airport security?
On Mar 25, 6:02 pm, BubbaGump BubbaGump@localhost wrote:
I'm not worried about the metal detector. What I'm wondering is if security will let the item through. don't worry, I have taken usb flash drives dozens of times, never a problem. don't anyone say not to store passwords on a portable drive because I use a different one for each account, for security, and I have way too many too remember them all. that's fine, but you might want to encrypt the file (easy if it's a Word or Excel doc) so that if you do lose the usb flash drive, it won't be trivial for the finder to open the file. |
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Portable hard drive through airport security?
"Bucky" wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 25, 6:02 pm, BubbaGump BubbaGump@localhost wrote: I'm not worried about the metal detector. What I'm wondering is if security will let the item through. don't worry, I have taken usb flash drives dozens of times, never a problem. don't anyone say not to store passwords on a portable drive because I use a different one for each account, for security, and I have way too many too remember them all. that's fine, but you might want to encrypt the file (easy if it's a Word or Excel doc) so that if you do lose the usb flash drive, it won't be trivial for the finder to open the file. Actually it is almost trivial to open an encrypted Word or Excel file if you encrypt using the built-in MS system. There are plenty of programs which will open these files. I once used one to open a file in the office where someone had forgotten the password, but I forget which one I used. Examples: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ope...ient=firefox-a I often carry a portable hard disk drive through security (international in UK, SE Asia, Australia) - never had a problem. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Portable hard drive through airport security?
Per Larry in AZ:
Showing laptops working hasn't been necessary for a long, long time. You are required to take them out of their carrying case, but that's it. Somebody explain to me why a laptop isn't the ideal bomb-carrying device - especially one with a dock for a spare battery. -- PeteCresswell |
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Portable hard drive through airport security?
"Flash" drives are those little "thumb" drives you can carry in a
pocket. He described an external hard drive -- the newer ones run through the USB port, but it's a full-sized external drive. just to clarify |
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(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Larry in AZ: Showing laptops working hasn't been necessary for a long, long time. You are required to take them out of their carrying case, but that's it. Somebody explain to me why a laptop isn't the ideal bomb-carrying device - especially one with a dock for a spare battery. Laptops, the modern day radio/tape player? Remember Lockerbie |
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Portable hard drive through airport security?
"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in message ... Per Larry in AZ: Showing laptops working hasn't been necessary for a long, long time. You are required to take them out of their carrying case, but that's it. Somebody explain to me why a laptop isn't the ideal bomb-carrying device - especially one with a dock for a spare battery. It is, which is why they are x-rayed separately. Apparently, the carryon x-ray is sufficiently sensitive to discriminate between a block of C4 and a laptop battery. -- PeteCresswell |
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Portable hard drive through airport security?
Per Mike Hunt:
Somebody explain to me why a laptop isn't the ideal bomb-carrying device - especially one with a dock for a spare battery. Laptops, the modern day radio/tape player? Remember Lockerbie Lockerbie was what prompted my comment. Didn't mention it bc I couldn't recall how large/small the explosive-containing device was.... but it seems like if Reid could get enough of the bad stuff in the heel of a shoe, a PC's secondary battery bay could hold enough too. That, plus the (fact?) that air cargo riding in the same planes as passenger baggage isn't inspected makes me wonder if anybody is really trying to cause mischief at the current time. -- PeteCresswell |
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Portable hard drive through airport security?
Per PTravel:
It is, which is why they are x-rayed separately. Apparently, the carryon x-ray is sufficiently sensitive to discriminate between a block of C4 and a laptop battery. That would explain a lot. Thanks. -- PeteCresswell |
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