Originally Posted by
TravellingMan
According to one of the ME3, if your journey is to the US then you will be asked to check in your electronics at the first port of departure. So if you are flying KUL-DXB-JFK then your electronics will have to be checked in at KUL.
That's sort of what I expected, but considering the hundreds(?) of outstations, I imagine security and enforcement will be spotty at best.