TSA Says Uncharged Gadgets Can't Fly

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icemunk

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Kind of clever if you think about it. Partly so they can't somehow hide a bomb in the battery (unlikely), and probably mainly so the phone remains active, and data packets can be snooped as needed.
 

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This is getting ridiculous! If you are carrying a laptop it is quite likely you will use it while waiting to kill some time and watch a movie or two or do some work. So if the battery goes down I have to bin it at the airport?
Any terrorists can always replace the normal one with a smaller capacity one, but same voltage and still get a laptop working. Stupid!
 

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Kind of clever if you think about it. Partly so they can't somehow hide a bomb in the battery (unlikely), and probably mainly so the phone remains active, and data packets can be snooped as needed.
If your right about that, their next announcement should be - no linux or other custom OSes on board.
 
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