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From: BubbaGump on 25 Mar 2007 21:02
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?

From: James Robinson on 25 Mar 2007 21:12
BubbaGump <BubbaGump(a)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.
From: Bucky on 26 Mar 2007 02:44
On Mar 25, 6:02 pm, BubbaGump <BubbaGump(a)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.

From: (PeteCresswell) on 26 Mar 2007 08:28
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
From: JimL on 26 Mar 2007 11:43
"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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