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Kentonio

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2. The blowback from business would be massive.

Sun May 28, 2017, 01:32 PM

May 2017

Many of us are not allowed to leave our company laptops unattended because it would make highly conflidential data vulnerable. Combine that with baggage handlers throwing baggage around like it was a softball and you have a giant potential mess.

I'd also love to know exactly why those scanners for carry on are even there if they think they couldn't detect explosives. Yet the stuff going into the hold is more carefully checked? Really? That makes absolutely zero sense.

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Homeland Security chief considers banning laptops on all flights to and from U.S. [View all] dalton99a May 2017 OP

Why is it ok in checked luggage is my question. sarah FAILIN May 2017 #1

I think this proposed ban is stupid nonsense but... Voltaire2 May 2017 #8

Maybe I'm mistaken but aren't laptops and computers always "on" with their internal clocks etc.? Hassin Bin Sober May 2017 #28

Yes I agree the whole thing is stupid. Voltaire2 May 2017 #31

Yes. Which tells me there is another reason for the ban. dixiegrrrrl May 2017 #38

Not only just as readily "detonated" but more likely to ignite accidentally. hlthe2b May 2017 #10

The blowback from business would be massive. Kentonio May 2017 #2

The intelligence Trump leaked from Israeli intelligence said explosive could not be detected emulatorloo May 2017 #5

So how does it help sticking it in the cargo hold? Kentonio May 2017 #6

I don't know. Depends on how the explosive is set off. emulatorloo May 2017 #7

Shouldn't the explanation be given to us? Kentonio May 2017 #11

"considers banning laptops" emulatorloo May 2017 #14

That's fair enough. Kentonio May 2017 #15

At one point they were developing containers for the cargo csziggy May 2017 #33

Airlines make their money from Business and First Class tickets... WoonTars May 2017 #36

Gosh, that'll boost business travel for SURE! hatrack May 2017 #3

Yes it would be horrible is those Type-A types were denied access on an international flight. emulatorloo May 2017 #9

It's not about being able to work Kentonio May 2017 #13

Come on over. I'll show you how I pack sensitive electronics into a checked suitcase. emulatorloo May 2017 #16

It not just "industrial" espionage angrychair May 2017 #22

Again the Intel apparently referred a plot to make explosive laptops that pass through scanners emulatorloo May 2017 #25

Everything carried by every business person on their laptops is considered confidential.. WoonTars May 2017 #37

At this point "Homeland" security could demand we all fly butt naked and we would comply. Voltaire2 May 2017 #4

Could be fun! emulatorloo May 2017 #12

could be horrifying Voltaire2 May 2017 #17

I'll be sure to wear a flowing mumu. emulatorloo May 2017 #18

I'm going to start "Rendition Airline" Hassin Bin Sober May 2017 #30

To and from US... FROM? Then why not domestic flights as well? MedusaX May 2017 #19

Now on international flights the movies on certain planes are only accessible by kimbutgar May 2017 #20

I predict an explosion in sales of Harlequin novels, Bibles, crossword puzzles dalton99a May 2017 #23

And LOTS more drinking and bathroom sex. Ilsa May 2017 #29

And what can a plane-exploder do with a laptop or tablet that s/he can't do with a smart phone? Iggo May 2017 #21

presumably a bigger bomb. Voltaire2 May 2017 #24

I still get a kick out of it when the flight crew announces no Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones emulatorloo May 2017 #26

So the laptop or iPad is the actual explosive and not just the trigger. Iggo May 2017 #27

its both. Voltaire2 May 2017 #32

He's a knothead eleny May 2017 #34

You know... MissMillie May 2017 #35