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Got my gear stolen in a Lisbon cafe and it changed my whole backup plan

I was working at a spot near Rossio Square last Tuesday, stepped away for maybe two minutes to grab a coffee refill. Came back and my laptop bag with my main work machine and an external drive was just gone. The cafe had no cameras pointed at my table. I had cloud backups for my files, but all my local apps and settings were gone. Now I travel with a cheap backup laptop that can at least get me online, and I never leave my stuff out of arm's reach. What's the one thing you do now that you didn't before a bad travel moment?
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baker.holly
Tell me more about your cheap backup laptop setup.
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hayden_craig95
After my truck got broken into" - so @baker.holly, how'd you even narrow down what backup gear to stow?
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nancyg14
nancyg142mo ago
Why not keep the drive in a separate bag?
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wyatt135
wyatt1352mo agoMost Upvoted
After my truck got broken into, I keep a decoy bag now, which is smarter than what @nancyg14 suggested.
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