I did a fair amount of international traveling back in the 1990's, and I recall several people saving that last bit of power in their laptops to power them on at security.
I recall the same thing. It's not a new technique, though it seems to me that I haven't seen it done recently (I rarely travel by air and in fact tend to avoid it if there's any other option, so my observations don't mean much)
I'm not sure this is new either. I remember traveling with my laptop (post 9/11) in sleep mode going through security so I could quickly 'turn it on' to show that it was a real laptop.
From what I can remember they're always (since before 9/11) been able to make you turn stuff on to prove it's real. Maybe they'll do it more, but it's not as if this rule came out of nowhere.
I agree with one of the top comments (as I write this) that if they every truly started confiscating 'dead' devices (at least of Americans) they would quickly run afoul of congress due to complaints.
Body scanners? "Whatever makes me safer." Taking your iPhone? "YOU'LL LOSE YOUR JOB".
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I did a fair amount of international traveling back in the 1990's, and I recall several people saving that last bit of power in their laptops to power them on at security.
Guess it's just coming back into fashion.
I recall the same thing. It's not a new technique, though it seems to me that I haven't seen it done recently (I rarely travel by air and in fact tend to avoid it if there's any other option, so my observations don't mean much)
I'm not sure this is new either. I remember traveling with my laptop (post 9/11) in sleep mode going through security so I could quickly 'turn it on' to show that it was a real laptop.
From what I can remember they're always (since before 9/11) been able to make you turn stuff on to prove it's real. Maybe they'll do it more, but it's not as if this rule came out of nowhere.
I agree with one of the top comments (as I write this) that if they every truly started confiscating 'dead' devices (at least of Americans) they would quickly run afoul of congress due to complaints.
Body scanners? "Whatever makes me safer." Taking your iPhone? "YOU'LL LOSE YOUR JOB".