[Hidden-tech] Possible laptop ban options

[Rich Roth]

We've been EU and UK about once a year for the last few years, and also 
have traveling family.

Personally, I'd be surprised if the ban happens, however I also believe 
in thinking ahead.

Since wifi is so common now, the Internet cafe is a pretty rare thing, 
although most hotels
have business centers.

I'd go with a throw-away tablet -- there are some pretty cheap ones.
To be safe packing it, turn it off - not just put it to sleep,
also it's likely they will not be as limited as laptops, if any ban does 
take place.

OR you could buy a cheap laptop, pre-load it and ship it to your first 
hotel to hold for you.
Just another idea.

Happy Travels (and be sure to post)

Rich


On 5/19/2017 4:07 PM, ussailis at shaysnet.com wrote:
> I haven't been to Europe in a while, but in the past there was a internet
> cafe everywhere in Germany, UK, Austria. Cost was about a UK pound or Euro
> / hour.
>
> In Nova Scotia I use the library. I believe every town library has internet
> access there. Where I go there is even WiFi access from a marked parking
> spot in front of the library. Available 24/7.
>
> Next, sign in to your email thru  mail2web.com I use it all the time from
> Canada, and whenever I am on a trip. You can read email, delete junk, send
> email and so froth from a tablet. I have never had a problem, and I only
> use the free service.
>
> BUT, it will not work on a Verizon account.
>
> If the advertising is bothersome adding Ghostery to Firefox eliminates it.
>
>
> Jim Ussailis
>
>
>
> Original email:
> -----------------
> From: Marcia Yudkin yudkinyudkin at yahoo.com
> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 18:01:55 +0000 (UTC)
> To: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
> Subject: [Hidden-tech] Possible laptop ban options
>
>
> 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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