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How much would you give up your laptop for?

by Anton Aylward | Posted on 18 November, 200931 May, 2013

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/154866;_ylt=Av2YyMlmiE8ERpzUwD020zUWLpA5

Remember all those journalists doing the “give you password or a chocolate bar” articles?

Twix bar Purchased March 2005 in Atlanta, GA, USA

Well this seems a lot more realistic – giving up you laptop.

Not just the hardware, but everything on it!

Frightening!

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