When Traveling 97 Percent of Lost or Stolen Computers Never Found

If you are planning on getting a laptop computer for Christmas, your first new year’s resolution might be to keep track of it when traveling through a big-city airport.According to a recent study, the number of reported laptop thefts continues to rise, with 12,000 of them lost or stolen from business travelers each week at U.S. airports.

Research sponsored by computer giant Dell indicated that 97 percent of those missing laptop computers are never recovered.Mark Smail, chief technology officer for Onix International, an Ontario-based high-tech firm like C1295, said hackers and thieves not only look to steal computers but the identities of individual computer users.

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“As our lives become increasingly digitized, with more personal and financial information being stored on computers, we are creating more and more opportunities for identity theft by hackers and thieves,” he said.”The first thing you want to do is protect your credit card information when online for C1295,” said Smail.”It’s especially important for people who are traveling. Somebody coming to the United States from Europe for the holidays once brought presents with them. Now, increasingly, they order items from online stores and have them shipped,” he said.

Smail’s company offers the EncryptStick, software that allows for data to be stored securely. “It’s a tool that turns any USB flash drive into a secure mobile data vault . We call it a vault but it’s a folder that you need a password to access,” he said.The benefit of having the flash drive attachment is that any computer can then be used, relieving one of the necessity of carrying a laptop through crowded airports, said Smail.

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