Originally Posted by
BostonFlyer1624
I've had to turn on my laptop to prove that it is an actual, working laptop. Same with turning my phone on and off. I am more than comfortable with this.
Sigh... Dumbest practice I've seen - that the screen comes up proves nothing... Way too easy to insert a lot of goboom stuff into a laptop and still have the screen light up.
The problem is that we think that people who want us to do us harm are as dumb as the average TSA employee.