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    THIS is the correct answer! The laptops should be recently decommissioned and reimaged machines, used at the conference, and then handed directly to the IT team as "toxic" when returning. Don't even power them back on when you get back to the office. Commented Jun 4, 2024 at 20:13
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    THIS. It's not rocket science - just keep repeating "I will not be using my own laptop at the conference". Too many people overthink things like this. Commented Jun 5, 2024 at 16:34
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    I'd also avoid taking a company smartphone, or your personal one, into the conference. Commented Jun 5, 2024 at 18:19
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    My work is very particular about cyber security, and they have special laptops for business and conference travel outside the country that basically have to be handed over to IT to get wiped as soon as you return. Seems like that would be appropriate. They would also never allow work related activities to be done on a personal laptop. Commented Jun 6, 2024 at 16:35
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    @DJClayworth Anyone who wants to participate in any meaningful way? Or can you get much hacking done with just pen and paper? (I guess you would also need a few suitcases full of printouts of the source code of popular programs and disassembly of common OS kernels.) Commented Jun 7, 2024 at 8:01