By Will Sturgeon
Published: Tuesday 08 May 2007
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Name
Robin Back
Location
Norfolk, UK
Occupation
IT Director
Comment
It's not just the UK. In Switzerland my laptop and wheelie bag were stolen from the rack above my head! The Chef de Train (Conductor) talked of a 'plague of youths' boarding the InterRegio train at Morges or Nyons, sizing up bags and passengers and then descending at Lausanne with much confusion - and my laptop!
Consolation is that thieves seem to want hardware and have no understanding of what they've stolen. Just as well in my case but for how long? Advice: ensure you have current backups elsewhere and ONLY travel with data you need - encrypted!
There is little excuse for the loss of a laptop (o...
John H Woods
Please be careful with percentages at relatively s...
Jeremy Wickins
It's not just the UK. In Switzerland my laptop and...
Robin Back
Seems an awful lot of laptops!! I am sure that th...
Chris Goodman
but how do these percentages compare with the rise...
Ayesha Bramwell
Robin, mine is exactly the same story at exactly t...
Rani
"Where are all the stolen laptops?"
Duh. eBay....
Marc Wilson
"Any idea if this can be recovered?"
Do you mea...
Marc Wilson
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