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- From: arf@maths.warwick.ac.uk (Anthony Iano-Fletcher)
- Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
- Subject: Re: COMPUTER DISKS THRU AIRPORT X-RAY ? ASAP
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.124310.831@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 12:43:10 GMT
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- In article <pkershaw-270792112759@192.94.50.51>, pkershaw@dce.com (Peter Kershaw) writes:
-
- > It has been known for years that xray has harmful effects on magnetic media
- > and print film. The level of xray is supposedly monitored and calibrated
- > periodically, so that it will not fog film, or scramble bits on disk, tape,
- > flash ROM, etc. Truth be known, airport xray machines are infrequently
- > checked because of lax government oversight, and cost. Consequently, I
- > never allow any "mission critical" items to be passed through airport xray,
- > but insist they be hand checked. It should also be noted that checked
- > baggage is routinely xrayed, especially at airports with any international
- > traffic.
-
- At Heathrow and Gatwick (and I guess at all of the UK airports) security will NOT
- hand check anything. Everything must go through the hand-luggage xray machine.
- I was told that this was a legal requirement.
-
- They also assure you that no possible damage can result from xraying disc/tapes/etc!
- However .............
-
- Anthony.
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