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Worked for an IT vendor for over a decade. Encountered several sites that disallowed any means of transporting any data in or out -- floppies, CD's DVD's (later), mini-harddrives and flashdrives. One unnamed place would not allow a mobile phone or even my old Casio Databank wristwatch -- had the check them with the receptionest, who smileingly returned them to me as I was leaving. A different place would empty the contents of my briefcase onto a table at exit and go through everything looking for "contraband". They tried to put it back like they found it. Just doing their jobs. But if I were trying to sneak data out on a flash drive I would have put it (the flashdrive) in my pocket or my shoe or the cuff of my pants or elsewhere. They didn't frisk us.
I kinda think they go through the motions, but in many places someone who is trusted and who has access to the data can get it to the outside.
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