[91787] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New Laptop Polices
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Perry)
Sat Aug 12 06:12:11 2006
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:10:28 +0100
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Roland Perry <lists@internetpolicyagency.com>
In-Reply-To: <1b5c1c150608110937m452ce532y70a4eb69d0f6af7c@mail.gmail.com>
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<1b5c1c150608110937m452ce532y70a4eb69d0f6af7c@mail.gmail.com>, Mike Lyon
<mike.lyon@gmail.com> writes
>Are laptops being questioned now in the UK when going through
>security? I would assume that they are probably wiping every laptop
>and doing the explosive check that they do...
No, in the UK they aren't checking laptops, they are insisting they all
go in the hold. And to answer another question: That includes Disk
drives and memory cards (and all other electrical items).
The UK's objective is mainly having a very short list of what's allowed,
to speed up searching at security by reducing the quantity of items.
Plus "liquids", even when purchased inside the airport, being added to a
blacklist for Transatlantic flights *both* ways.
You may find more scrutiny of electrical items if your travel originates
outside the UK, but the main issue here is the complete ban, outbound.
--
Roland Perry
