Sorry for the delay in responding, but great comments.

Mr. Schneier mentions that the numbers might be wrong, and there is some reporting that they are, but when you do the math, I'm not sure they are. It's not a tremendous amount of losses relative to the people going through. I sometimes wonder if airports want to under-report things.

In any case, it's an interesting discussion. I know if I lose my laptop while I'm in Boston this week, I'm probably moving on and ordering a new one when I hit Denver.