OK, so let's say you have your desk exposed to the crossway leading all your co-workers outside the room you work in, or perhaps you are the type of fellow who likes to be productive even when enjoying a cup of coffee in a public place, what can you do to keep the curious away from the screen of your laptop? Apply a privacy filter, of course, one from 3M perhaps, which has manufactured them in all shapes and sizes so that they can be applied on all the popular display formats.

The 3M Gold Privacy Filters are actually protective films that can be applied on laptop displays or LCD monitors in order for people looking in them from a different angle to see a cool gold reflection instead of the actual contents. You will be able to see perfectly on the screen, while the others peaking at your monitor will only think “Why are they looking at a gold screen, and why are they typing?”

This is a very good solution for working in public spaces or in exposed, highly competitive work places, where you always have to look over your shoulder so that colleagues don't steal your ideas. What's even better about using such a protective film is that it will actually make your display brighter and more visible, or so says 3M, the company manufacturing them. Come to think about it, they also call these privacy filters “Fort Knox for your laptop,” which kind of makes you wonder about their exaggerating habits.

But they can’t exaggerate when they say that a Gold Privacy Filter will stay in place when closing your laptop and that they will easily mount/unmount any screen, if they have the corresponding dimensions, of course. The sizes they are available in range from 8 7/8 to 17 inches and are compatible only with widescreen displays.


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