Editing Industrial espionage (section)

===Personal computers===
Computers have become key in exercising industrial espionage due to the enormous amount of information they contain and the ease at which it can be copied and transmitted. The use of computers for espionage increased rapidly in the 1990s. Information has commonly been stolen by individuals posing as subsidiary workers, such as cleaners or repairmen, gaining access to unattended computers and copying information from them. [[Laptop]]s were, and still are, a prime target, with those [[travel]]ing abroad on business being warned not to leave them for any period of time. Perpetrators of espionage have been known to find many ways of conning unsuspecting individuals into parting, often only temporarily, from their possessions, enabling others to access and steal information.{{sfn|Boggon|1996}} A "bag-op" refers to the use of [[Hotel|hotel staff]] to access data, such as through [[laptop]]s, in hotel rooms. Information may be stolen in transit, in [[taxicab|taxi]]s, at [[airport]] baggage counters, [[baggage carousel]]s, on [[train]]s and so on.{{sfn|Nasheri|2005|p=82}}