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Old Jul 16, 2014 | 2:04 am
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Originally Posted by exerda
FWIW, I didn't see a single instance of it this past weekend at two EU airports or at YYZ. I was carrying 2x cell phones, a Kindle, a laptop, a DSLR, and a tablet, and wasn't asked to turn any of them on, nor was anyone else at the checkpoints that I observed.

YMMV.
Saw some instances of it at CDG and LHR in recent days. Very, very tiny proportion of passengers are being asked to power on electronics on flights to the US, but some were this week too. It's mostly a gate area search, if it hits on US-bound routes from Europe.
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