While estimates of the amount of germs on laptops are admittedly all over the place, some sources say that they contain up to 400 times more bacteria than a toilet seat, with public computers being the worst of all.
some things. I’ve schlepped my work computer onto countless airplanes and to the sweaty gym so I could work between sets countless times. And who could forgetThe Germ Files,
there is a price for subjecting your technology to the world’s germs—particularly if you, like me, can’t be bothered to take five minutes and clean it.“Laptops are today’s remote controls,” says Tetro. “They pick up any of the dust and dirt from surfaces or settling from the air, and they are constantly being touched over the course of a day, leaving behind oil and dirt and bacteria.
Personally, this news is enough to make me want to dunk my laptop into a vat of bleach, but wait! It gets worse! As for whether a dirty laptop can get you sick, the answer is, maybe. “If people use [laptops] when sick, which tends to happen, they can leave behind the viruses and bacteria that can be transferred over to another individual’s fingers and then to their mouths,” says Tetro.
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