from Hacker News

Stefan Esser's laptop was apparently tampered with in a hotel

by mikegirouard on 10/26/15, 10:07 PM with 4 comments

  • by brbsix on 10/26/15, 11:01 PM

    I really hope he had full disk encryption and left it powered off. At least your data would be safe from prying eyes, even if the device itself is no longer safe to use. If not, then that is really terrible practice, particularly for a security researcher. Doesn't everyone know to keep mobile devices encrypted and turned off when not in use (e.g. airports, border crossings, hotel rooms, etcetera)?
  • by markhellewell on 10/26/15, 10:36 PM

    meh…looks more like the pretty common battery swelling problem seen on MacBook Pro