Comment Laptop will be ruined (Score 1) 344
My concern is not the theft or privacy issues. You always can encrypt, take of hdd/ssd, create an image and wipe laptop. Theft is also preventable, I always use TSA lock on my bag.
But it will be ruined in the luggage. People who load/unload the luggage are so sloppy, they don't give a damn about fragile items.
Once I was transporting a bottle of an expensive alcohol. I wrapped it in plastic bag and put in the middle of my bag, surrounded by lots of clothes. On arrival I got only lots of pieces of that glass mixed with alcohol. The bottle was extra thick, they managed to destroy it.
I need my laptop all the time. Well, not in the cabin, but on every travel. I rarely carry something big, so I travel with carry-on bags mostly. So my position on that: screw them, if it will go global, will have to think twice to take the flight, instead of night train, for example. So far I'm glad I'm not living in US =)