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Re: Security Measures when traveling to China for Business


From: Bruce Carter <bcarter () ND EDU>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 09:46:46 -0500

Depending upon the level of possible return, hardware level modifications
are not beyond the realm of possibility when traveling to certain areas.  I
would include the People's Republic of China in the definition of "certain
areas".

On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 8:56 AM, David Stack <dstack () uwsa edu> wrote:

A leading insurance company reported at a conference that they issue iPads
to executives who travel to China and then shred them immediately upon
return.



The environmentalist in me shudders at this, but their view was that
“wiping clean” is not guaranteed given the pernicious nature of some hacks.


-- 
Bruce Carter, Center for Creative Computing,
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN  46556

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