Focus Area: Communication & Mobility

Is Real-Time Information Too Dangerous?

In response to the attempted Christmas Day bomb plot, transportation officials have unleashed a whole host of new protocols to increase security checks at airports and on planes. One of these new rules included the turning-off of the in-flight entertainment systems that showed the rough location of the airplane on map, as well as ordering pilots not to point out landmarks should potential terrorists use it to identify targets and their location.