Re: airline travel with hitech gear? (a bit offtopic)
El mar, 11-02-2003 a las 03:15, Joris escribió:
> I know it has little to do with debian on laptops (altough a non-windows
> OS booting meight look suspecious to customs), but:
>
> What advice can experienced travellers give me on flying with a laptop?
>
> I don't want to take any chances with the baggage (especially since I
> won't have a direct flight), so I'll have to keep it in the
> hand-luggage.
>
> Can laptops (and digital photocameras) survive the xrays used? Or should
> I remove the tech gear and offer it for in spection to the guards? (Or
> wrap it in alu foil? :p)
Yes, it can. The first time I ask to avoid it, it was necessary
turned it on.
But someone of an airport told me that nothing could happen, except
with films with high sensibility (ISO >= 800 or 1200 even). So,
I've pass my notebook many times on x-ray and nothing happened.
Anyway, always I backup before to travel :-)
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