Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights

Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by bzbarsky on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @09:41AM (#13922064)

Cell phones are excluded from the ban, according to this article. That makes it highly unlikely that prevention of ability to text is the goal. I know very few people who text on their tablet, laptop, or camera.

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Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by KirinDave on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @02:38PM (#13924913)

Cell phones are most likely excluded because they're so obnoxiously hard to compromise compared to laptops. Cell phones, you need per-hardware exploits and the vendors patch aggressively.

When was the last time your laptop's USB controllers had a firmware upgrade for security hardening?

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Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by bzbarsky on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @09:32PM (#13927876)

That's a reasonable argument if the goal is being able to examine the devices. Nothing to do with texting, though. ;)

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