Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson ordered the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to begin implementing “enhanced security measures,” which is a euphemism for inconveniencing you further and wrecking your flight plans. Certain overseas flights to the U.S. will prevent smartphones with dead batteries from being allowed onto planes. Travelers can be expected to turn on their cellphones to prove there aren’t explosives inside. Individuals that can’t power-up their mobile devices may be forced to leave them behind or lose their seats. From The Washington Post:
“It is unclear how TSA plans to deal with passengers without chargers whose devices are dead. The announcement doesn’t say what will happen to a phone that can’t be turned on, or how the owner will retrieve it if confiscated by airport security.”
