“The rule is reportedly prompted by the difficulty of distinguishing plastic explosives from other components in electronic devices using an X-ray machine. But this explanation is baffling: a plastic explosive is every bit as dangerous in the hold of an airplane as it is in the cabin. What’s more, placing a plastic-explosive charge in a hardsided case densely packed with lithium-battery-equipped devices seems an especially dangerous measure. Travelers to and from affected airports will now face the risk of having their laptops and tablets stolen, having their confidential data leaked, and having their devices broken.”
Read more: https://boingboing.net/2017/05/11/something-must-be-done-there-i.html
Did you like this?
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Related posts:
Duty, Honor, Atrocity: George W. Bush Receives West Point Character Award
Sioux tribes take to the Internet to buy back sacred land
The Horror Every Day: Police Brutality In Houston Goes Unpunished
In Fight Over Marijuana's Scheduling, Appeals Court Rules in Favor of DEA and Schedule I
Mom Brings Coughing 10-Month-Old to the Hospital. Days Later, Cops Take the Baby.
How Prosecutors Score a Windfall Turning Small Tickets Into Big Fees
US Small Business Owners' Hiring Intent Plunges to 2008 Lows
Cops Nab 5-Year-Old for Wearing Wrong Color Shoes to School
4 Facts Every GLD Investor Must Know
Gold, the Titanic & Lifeboats - Why it's Important to Own Physical Gold
Chechen Terrorists and the Neocons
Here’s what war with North Korea would look like
Bank of Canada Admits Recession, The Solution: More Bubbles
The Architect of Obamacare is Now Cashing in By Using Obamacare to Sue Insurers
Government Studies the Studies (You Can't Make This Up)