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> ...we already live in a reality where stuff can just explode.

Did you know that it's well within the reach of even a small business to build batteries that are both fully-functional batteries and also hand grenades? Grenade/batteries that may well be indistinguishable from ordinary not-booby-trapped batteries to most anything other than destructive inspection or very close, low-throughput inspection at specialized labs... meaning that if someone cares to get them into the battery supply chain, they WILL get into the battery supply chain? [0]

I sure as shit didn't. I bet MOST people had no idea.

If the TSA was a credible organization, they would immediately be banning all electronics on public commercial passenger flights and requiring those electronics to be shipped via commercial shipper.

[0] Combine this with the godawful state of personal and computer security today... can anyone say with confidence that there's no way to remotely activate a battery/grenade installed in a phone or laptop using that machine's stock software? We know that side-channels abound, and hear about SMM exploits fairly regularly. I definitely wouldn't take the "It's impossible" side of that bet.