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Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights

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Re: Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights

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Post by BWStearns »

ars wrote: post #102
BWStearns wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems the source couldn't/wouldn't disclose the list. Given it's 8 countries in Middle East/North Africa,my bet is old travel ban countries plus one.

> Given it's 8 countries in Middle East/North Africa,my bet is old travel ban countries plus one. That's impossible since neither Saudi nor Jordan were on the old list.

Fair point. I didn't take away that both were part of the electronics ban from my original reading but that is a reasonable conclusion.

Re: Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights

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Post by prawn »

MichaelGG wrote: post #17
pcurve wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They'd better have a very good reason for this (e.g. very credible threat). Otherwise even moderates that voted for Trump are going to suffer from serious case of buyer's remorse.

Does Trump have many voters flying from Saudi Arabia?

This sort of stuff spooks travellers from other countries also ("I saw a headline that said I wasn't allowed to take my laptop to America!"). End result is likely to be a drop in tourism and international students which will hit some industries harder than others.

Re: Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights

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Post by yodon »

bobwaycott wrote: post #109
sundaeofshock wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm 40+ and can tell you exactly when things started going down hill: September 11, 2001. We were told the world had changed and that we had to fear the unknown. We have been a nation of frightened children ever since.

Nearly 36 here, and I concur. Everyone's been clothed in fear ever since.

Those of us who are 50+ remember The threat of nuclear war, and 60+ remember the reality of the Cuban Missile Crisis. When you've lived through "100 Million people could die in the next 24 hours" (like was a real possibility during the Cuban Missile Crisis), the current threat level just makes people look like panicked children.

Re: Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights

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Post by uptown »

BWStearns wrote: post #28
uptown wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Distracts from today's testimony by Comey.

Almost no one outside the tech or business communities will really care about this (beyond individuals annoyed with not having iTunes on a 14 hour flight). I don't think it's attention fodder (nor do I think it's a valid means of protecting flights). Not sure what this is.

"Almost no one outside the tech or business communities will really care about this"

That's kind of a massive segment of the population.

Re: Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights

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Post by dang »

haudouken wrote: post #7

Probably a really bad attempt to stop the stolen Trump Tower laptop from leaving the US. I almost didn't leave this comment because of how stupid this sounds, but then again...

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13918361 and marked it off-topic.

Re: Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights

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Post by ctphipps »

BWStearns wrote: post #28
uptown wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Distracts from today's testimony by Comey.

Almost no one outside the tech or business communities will really care about this (beyond individuals annoyed with not having iTunes on a 14 hour flight). I don't think it's attention fodder (nor do I think it's a valid means of protecting flights). Not sure what this is.

Or people traveling with kids (for whom iPads on board are a saving grace on long haul flights).

Re: Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights

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Post by ctphipps »

itchyjunk wrote: post #104
MichaelGG wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It wouldn't make any sense otherwise. Non-stop flight is another way of saying "flight to the US", right?

"flights to US could include" multi-stop flights. There is a non-stop flight from Singapore to USA i think, leaves airport there and lands here. Multi-stop flights have a stop in EU if they are coming from Asia to USA or they might stop at Japan or something. Eg: Nepal -> HongKong -> Japan -> USA

In which case the ban would apply to the final sector, but for all intents and purposes, passengers boarding at earlier airports would also be prohibited to bring electronics onboard as checking luggage during a flight connection is pretty much unheard of (unless of course it's an overnight stopover).

Re: Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights

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Post by astrodust »

This makes almost zero sense, and it's likely that there will be zero explanation as to why any of this is necessary.

If there's a threat this only introduces a minor inconvenience to those looking to carry out an attack. Is getting a connecting flight in some country like Germany going to be hard?

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