[Hidden-tech] Possible laptop ban options

[Zach Fried]

It appears the ban is not taking effect for the time being (very wisely,
due to the risk of lithium battery fires in places where they can't be
extinguished).

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/laptop-
ban-us-uk-flights-europe-electronic-devices-ereaders-
ipad-tablet-a7742086.html

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Marcia Yudkin <yudkinyudkin at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Hi friends,
>
> I have a 3-week trip to Europe coming up in a few months.  The tickets are
> already bought.  And I'm concerned about what the best plan would be in
> case the possible laptop ban is put into place before or during my trip.
>
> For obvious reasons, it seems like a very bad idea to place a laptop in
> luggage that gets sent on through to your destination.  What do you think
> would be the best alternatives, considering that I will probably need to
> have a relatively safe way to perform business, travel and banking tasks
> during three weeks abroad, and I'm not accustomed to doing any of that on
> my (Android) smartphone?
>
> 1)Look for Internet cafes and the like during my trip
>
> 2)Buy an inexpensive, destined to be disposed later, tablet that I do send
> in checked baggage, password protect it and keep as little on it as
> possible (most of my files are backed up on the cloud anyway)
>
> 3)Figure out how to do everything on my phone, frustrating as that is
>
> 4)Or...?
>
> What do you suggest?  What would you do?
>
> Marcia Yudkin
> www.yudkin.com
> Goshen
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