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Archive for June, 2008

One way to get around the annoying ad-frame you get when using the Denver airport’s free wifi:

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Okay, so last weekend I was at the airport in Denver, waiting for my plane, taking advantage of the free wifi. Only, nothing’s free, and DIA pays for some of the cost of providing free wifi by displaying ads with every page you load. I did my American duty and clicked on some of the [...]

For those who take their laptop when flying into the US, Bruce Schneier has some words about making your data safe.

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

This is for folk who travel into the United States — which also applies to U.S. residents who travel internationally. Bruce’s words are below:
So your best defence is to clean up your laptop. A customs agent can’t read what you don’t have. You don’t need five years’ worth of email and client data. You don’t [...]