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Old Oct 27, 2014, 7:39 pm
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Originally Posted by olddallas
My laptop drive was really messed up on a recent trip, crippling the machine. It could have been a failed attempt to access my encrypted drive. Last functioning location was logged into Cathy Pacific first class lounge WiFi in Shanghai airport, although the damage may have been due to something earlier and not manifested itself earlier. I was able to rebuild the software after return to Dallas and hardware seemed fine.

There was nothing of interest to anyone on the drive unless you really want thousands of examples of very bad tourist photos or a superbly curated iTunes library.
I'm not expert on these matters, but is it even possible to mess with a computer that's connected wirelessly to an old-school network in an airline lounge? If so, who in the lounge would have the desire/skills to pull this off (I was in the lounge in question 2 weeks ago, and the staffers could barely keep the Wifi active... I ended up switching to 4g tethering while they fumbled around with it)?
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 10:05 pm
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Originally Posted by olddallas
My laptop drive was really messed up on a recent trip, crippling the machine. It could have been a failed attempt to access my encrypted drive. Last functioning location was logged into Cathy Pacific first class lounge WiFi in Shanghai airport, although the damage may have been due to something earlier and not manifested itself earlier. I was able to rebuild the software after return to Dallas and hardware seemed fine.

There was nothing of interest to anyone on the drive unless you really want thousands of examples of very bad tourist photos or a superbly curated iTunes library.
Using a public wifi without any protection is looking for trouble anywhere in the world. Not an issue if you do nothing sensitive.
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