tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936445717828931645.post967911064069381994..comments2024-03-26T20:39:14.599-04:00Comments on Security Memetics: please place your bombs under your seats or in the overhead storagekurt wismerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936445717828931645.post-18244869764068060872012-06-19T17:09:24.612-04:002012-06-19T17:09:24.612-04:00You're allowed to use the devices once you are...You're allowed to use the devices once you are in flight so if you could crash a plane with your iPhone, you'd just have to wait until you hit cruising altitude to do so. As the original post says, if an mp3 player, smartphone, tablet, etc. could crash or seriously interfere with a plane they wouldn't allow them anywhere near the planes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936445717828931645.post-3846512534787208622012-05-30T16:53:07.057-04:002012-05-30T16:53:07.057-04:00When you consider that most smart phones have the ...When you consider that most smart phones have the capability to intrude upon any computer that gets within a few yards of it... Might this be a preventive measure until the airplanes have all of their technology properly sheilded and secured. Their is no protection from a targeted intrusion on the ground or in the air. So in the air, they want the devices powered down just in case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936445717828931645.post-76916410123987254152012-05-09T04:08:11.108-04:002012-05-09T04:08:11.108-04:00Or they would scan the fuselage before takeoff and...Or they would scan the fuselage before takeoff and locate any device still causing interference and escort the owner off the plane.<br />It is the dumbest rule just after the no liquids in containers larger than 100mlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com