Tech and terrorism experts question Trump’s airline electronics ban

Date: Mar 21 2017

After the Trump administration announced a ban on carrying electronic devices larger than a cellphone in the cabins of US-bound airplanes coming from certain Middle Eastern and African countries, experts were left questioning whether such a ban will actually be effective in preventing terrorist attacks.

Ban ‘ignores the realities of terrorist behavior’

‘No new technological breakthroughs make this threat any more serious today’

Implications on airline business

Ban ‘both necessary and proportional’ to threat

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