As the title indicates, this tale of a stolen master's thesis ends happily, if improbably: Student Finds a Stolen Thesis by Thinking Like a Thief. Let it serve as a reminder to (quoting Adam Richer, Mac Guru) back that shit up.
Make multiple backups daily and store them in several locations: on your laptop's hard drive, on an external hard drive, on a key drive, on a CD or DVD, on the university's server... (Yes, Ira, I am talking to you.)
After reading this, I'm going to be sure NOT to carry my portable key drive in my laptop back. That way should (fingers crossed) I somehow lose one, I will have the other. When I fly, it makes me nervous when I pack my backup hard drive in the same carry-on bag as my laptop, but I don't see that I have much choice. I am wary of packing it, or any other electronic device, in my checked luggage.
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