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a fake iPad may have been to blame in the latest airport ban or at least be one of the culprits on March twentieth the US Department of Homeland Security announced a new man prohibiting electronics larger than a phone inside of the cabin of a plane on flights from several Middle Eastern countries and North Africa enroute to the US the UK announced a similar ban a day after but up until now neither government had given specifics about why the band had been set in place a recent report in The Guardian now revealed an alleged plot to smuggle explosives disguised as a tablet on a flight in this case an iPad terrorists have hidden explosives in their underwear shoes and water bottles in previous attempts and attacks but it seems that the focus in recent years has been on technology US officials have been investigating how terrorists can disguise explosives as consumer electronics since the 2016 laptop bombing on a flight out of Somalia that blew a hole inside of an airplane the ban went into effect on Saturday but it sound clear how long it will be in place and whether or not it will affect other countries and for more tech news head over to cnet com