Who are these people??!

So I am off to ALA today and I am carrying three laptops. Yes, I know it’s overkill but one is my good one for heavy duty writing work (and I have 10 thumbs when typing), one is my ACER netbook that’s light (1.2 lb.) and easy for carrying around to Twitter and live blog, and the other is the corporate Dell going in for repair again (but this time I am avoiding the stupid illegal border custom charges).
Anyway, ths caught my eye today:
“Last year Dell computers commissioned a study that found that 12,000 laptops are lost each week at U.S. airports. Los Angeles leads the pack with 1,200 laptops reported lost or stolen at LAX weekly. Incredibly, most laptops are left behind at security checkpoints, with only 33 percent ever being recovered (17 percent before the flight, 16 percent after).” – Los Angeles Times.
The results of the report are staggering:
– Up to 12,000 laptops are lost in United States airports each week
– Between 65 and 70 percent of lost laptops are never reclaimed
– Most laptops are lost at security checkpoints
– 53 percent of business travelers surveyed carry sensitive corporate information on their laptop
– 65 percent of those who carry confidential information have not taken steps to protect it while traveling
– 42 percent of respondents say they do not back up their data
Who can afford (especially the majority!!!) to just leave a laptop?? I am amazed and appalled.
Stephen