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Re:Airline industry divided over passenger electronics by bsg75 on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @12:43PM (#5713147)
And you are given an option to skip the scanner, in trade for a fondling.

Also this is not a security issue (one of persons with malicious intent). It is a safety issue, one of incompletely studied electronic effects.

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Re:Airline industry divided over passenger electronics by fnordfnordfnord on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @03:33PM (#5714238)
Well, no, you're wrong about that. If there really were anything other than superstition supporting the thesis that personal electronics could realistically and predictably have a deleterious effect on avionics, then that would indeed be a security issue.

>incompletely studied electronic effects.

Are you an electrical engineer, or similarly educated in RF communications, and thus able to determine whether the EMI testing that's been done is incomplete?

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Re:Airline industry divided over passenger electronics by BrianEatWorld on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @03:44PM (#5714329)
Refusal to turn off electronics during takeoff and landing - the most passive aggressive form of terrorism ever.
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