HP's Sure View -- protecting your laptop screen from prying eyes

No one likes other people looking at their laptops.

That is why HP along with 3M has come out with an integrated solution that stops the person sitting next to you in your friendly neighborhood Starbucks from snooping on what you're doing on your computer. The new technology, called Sure View, promises to save what's on your screen for your eyes only.

In IT Blogwatch, we try to spy with our little eye something too dark to see. 

So what exactly is Sure View? Sherri L. Smith gives us the background:

Have you ever been on a plane or train and noticed someone staring at your laptop's display...if you have an HP EliteBook 840 G3, you can end...snooping with a touch of a button thanks to HP's new Sure View technology.
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Sure View...adds an integrated privacy screen to...two of HP business laptops...the...840 G3 and the HP EliteBook 1040 G3...HP teamed up with 3M to outfit both laptops with the lighting control film, adding an easy-to-access level of privacy and security...HP estimates that the technology will bump up the price of the two notebooks by approximately $75.

Sounds interesting. But how exactly does it work? Jeremy Kaplan has the details:

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