Probable? Possible, absolutely. I've gone all over the place with a laptop and haven't ever had issue one at home or abroad. That said, Truecrypt is your friend. Encrypt the whole volume with a ridiculously long passphrase and be done with it. Who cares if they copy it at that point.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > I know you said there isn't any, but are you really truly *SURE* there > isn't any patient or other confidential data on this machine? I would > include hashes of domain credentials in that category. > > If there is, be aware that all computers are subject to search and > probable copying of data at the border. > > Other than that, I don't see any real issues. > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 13:21, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a physician who wants to take a company owned Tablet PC to > Argentina > > in a month or so. This doesn’t give me a warm fuzzy, but I don’t have > > anything concrete to give as a reason to tell him no, aside from that. I > > have a hard enough time with docs wanting to take the Tablets out of the > > office to their homes… > > > > > > > > Do any of you have any good information on reasons that I can give that > it > > wouldn’t be a good idea? There should not be any data on the system, as > he > > will be using Xen to get access to all of our systems using domain > > credentials, so data theft is not a big concern in this particular case. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > > Technology Coordinator > > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > > [email protected] > > www.eaglemds.com > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
