What to bring on a plane if your laptop is banned

Life may soon get more complicated for anyone flying from Europe to the U.S.
The U.S. is reportedly considering an expansion of the March electronics ban, which forbids anyone from carrying a laptop into a plane cabin if they're flying from eight Middle Eastern and African countries. If the U.S. Department of Homeland Security does what's expected, that same ban may soon apply to select countries in Europe as well.
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