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- From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
- Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
- Subject: Re: COMPUTER DISKS THRU AIRPORT X-RAY ? ASAP
- Message-ID: <17012@ulysses.att.com>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 15:47:51 GMT
- References: <15844@pitt.UUCP> <pkershaw-270792112759@192.94.50.51>
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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.
-
- Umm -- I've never heard that x-rays, per se, affect magnetic media, at
- least at the levels customarily used for screening. However, the magnets
- in the x-ray machine and/or the conveyor belt motor are another matter.
-
- > Consequently, I
- > never allow any "mission critical" items to be passed through airport xray,
- > but insist they be hand checked.
-
- U.S. rules permit this option; I don't think this is true everywhere
- in the world, though. Your mileage (or rather, your kilometerage...)
- may vary...
-