evacide21h ago

If you are traveling to or through Hong Kong, here is a new thing to consider when you are deciding whether or not to take your devices with you and how you should set them up.

https://hk.usconsulate.gov/security-alert-2026032601/

Show threadD Ingram
@evacide State interference with devices is so bad globally that my employer now bans taking laptops overseas. Any traveller requiring a laptop gets a clean 'burner' machine.
Mar 27 at 12:02amWeb
Show threadCamille Winds Down16h ago
@ingram
I just got back from a trip and saw that one of my colleagues also travels with a clean burner laptop. Cool idea if you can afford it! I don't travel with my laptop much but I might get a lil used situation for when I do 🤔
@evacide
Show threadD Ingram15h ago
@camille Govt/corp surplus laptops can be had quite cheap. I have a 6y old Thinkpad I picked up a few months ago as an machine to experiment on that cost A$280 and has 16GB RAM. Something similar (after SSD well wiped) could be a travel laptop.