The TSA and other US airport security process has gotten to the point where it's unnecessarily onerous. I avoid even stopovers in the US when flying (unless the US is my final destination) because it's such a wildcard/inconvenience both with security as well as immigration - it's easier to just pay more and fly direct or pick flights that are less convenient but don't transit through the US.
If they start confiscating un-poweruperable devices at any scale (ie if it were an enforced policy), that'd make transiting or traveling to the US far more prohibitive (realistically, i'd never transit with my primary laptop; and I'd imagine that a lot of organisations would start allowing their staff to only travel through the US with their China laptops)... ie it sounds like a terrible set of rules to have; and an even worse set to consider enforcing.
edit: I'm Canada-based and travel internationally several times each year -- avoiding the US on these trips is a real inconvenience.
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The TSA and other US airport security process has gotten to the point where it's unnecessarily onerous. I avoid even stopovers in the US when flying (unless the US is my final destination) because it's such a wildcard/inconvenience both with security as well as immigration - it's easier to just pay more and fly direct or pick flights that are less convenient but don't transit through the US.
If they start confiscating un-poweruperable devices at any scale (ie if it were an enforced policy), that'd make transiting or traveling to the US far more prohibitive (realistically, i'd never transit with my primary laptop; and I'd imagine that a lot of organisations would start allowing their staff to only travel through the US with their China laptops)... ie it sounds like a terrible set of rules to have; and an even worse set to consider enforcing.
edit: I'm Canada-based and travel internationally several times each year -- avoiding the US on these trips is a real inconvenience.
I've always opted to fly through HK rather than LA, US customs are both scary and slow. (As well as feeling like a an underground parking lot..)