If the battery of your mobile device fails to power up on the request of a TSA agent, you won\u2019t be allowed to take it on board a US-bound plane, the TSA announced as part of enhanced security measures at \u201ccertain overseas airports.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some experts believe that amid other methods, enemies might try to disguise explosives or other dangerous object as a laptop computer, cellphone, or a tablet.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the security examination, officers may also ask that owners power up some devices, including cell phones. Powerless devices will not be permitted on board the aircraft. The traveler may also undergo additional screening,\u201d TSA said in a statement.<\/p>\n
In a statement earlier this week, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that the new measures were the result of a re-evaluation of measures \u201cto promote aviation security,\u201d but offered few details on how airlines and airports will implement them. \u201cAviation security includes a number of measures, both seen and unseen, informed by an evolving environment,\u201d was all that was said.<\/p>\n
The tough new security policy has already been implemented in UK airports, where passengers are subjected to \u201cvigorous\u201d body searches and required to switch on their electronic devices while airport staff swab travellers\u2019 shoes and clothes to check for traces of explosives.<\/p>\n
Source: RT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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