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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by adonnjohn on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @08:14PM (#20691542)
Doesn't this tiptoe the line with a breach of privacy? Once the computer is unlocked, is there anything stopping them from just seizing devices if they want to review data?
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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @08:19PM (#20691570)
From my understanding, TSA security isn't customs, so it isn't a constitution suspended zone.
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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by paulmd on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @01:15AM (#20692871)
I would think that you have the right to refuse to show them, and they have the right to refuse to let you through security.

Flying is not a constitutionally protected activity... see, for example, the legality of un-appealable no-fly lists.

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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by MertsA on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @01:02AM (#20692828)
The TSA does it as well, not having any valid justification has never stopped security theater before.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/12/tsa-surveillan...

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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @01:05AM (#20692842)
TFA: A TSA spokesman, Matt Leas, declined to comment on the lawsuit but said: “TSA does not search the contents of electronic devices.”

So my guess is that they aren’t supposed to do this, and if a judge ever got the case, the TSA would be in lots of trouble if found doing it.

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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by atm0sphere on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @09:06PM (#20691835)
More info:

https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone

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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by AsParallel on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @10:18PM (#20692182)
Informative, though I don't think that relates to the TSA.
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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by atm0sphere on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @10:41PM (#20692295)
true, it was more in reference to constitution-free zones.
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