The Mystery of the Flying Laptop

Standing in line at security at San Francisco International Airport not long ago, family in tow, I dutifully pulled the laptop out of my bag and place3d it in a separate bin for its solo trip through the X-ray machine. I also had an iPad  in my backpack, so I caught the eye of a security agent. “Excuse me, does the iPad come out too?” I asked.

“Not here,” she said. “Other airports might be different.”

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