Doesn’t even need an LTE modem. Tenth generation X1 Carbons from Lenovo have a “Sierra Location Sensor” (GPS) onboard.
You would probably be fine. The above commenter was painting a worst case scenario. Give yourself plenty of time to set up and figure how to troubleshoot your VPN server and client before heading out. Make sure you have the kill switch set up. Go to some local coffee shops and practice getting connected.
Regardless of whose laptop you use, there’s probably a good reason they require you to be in country. If your employer is working a government contractor and you pull this stunt and get caught they could lose the contract plus penalties. Depending on what requires protection you could face jail time
But if you want to risk it all go ahead.
Wow, thanks, that was really interesting. I imagined they were in all the e-bikes and e-scooters, I didn’t know they were so readily available in laptops.
Do you know if Apple offers mobile broadband cards in any of their laptops? From some brief Googling, it looks like no, but I’m curious if you know more