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[OngBonga]

I suspect that the reason they want large electronics in checked luggage, is to give security personnel more time to search/evaluate them for threats.

Who's checking the phones?

[BananaStand]

Who's checking the phones?

You seem to be ignoring the underlying fact here, that there is intelligence suggesting that the bad guys will use large electronics, not small ones, to do something bad.

Senior administration officials are calling the measure an active-emergency amendment based on “evaluated intelligence”

Apparently, that "evaluated intelligence" said phones are ok, bigger stuff is not. I'm not privy to that intelligence, so I can't comment on its conclusion. But at the same time, on what basis could I challenge it?

If security was the issue, then smartphones would be banned too. Who needs a phone on a flight? I'm not arguing in favour of people's rights on planes, I'm arguing for honest and relevant policy, instead of project fear.

how are you concluding that the policy is not honest, nor relevant? How are you determining that it has no basis in security, but is "obviously" a fear-mongering tactic?