Originally Posted by Flaflyer

Perhaps one sane person works at TSA, in their employee Occupational Safety department. Who, with a third grade electrical wiring knowledge, realized "the simple and easy way to make a b**b out of a laptop/camera/flashlight/walkman/etc is NOT to use a secret second battery and all this secret double James Bond stuff. The simple way is use the device's real battery and use the factory On-Off switch. Push the switch and instant boom."

So how safe is it for the TSA employee who tells the pax "hold that laptop here in my face where I can see it Real Close and push that "Power" switch?