Star Simpson

I wish I hadn't used the C word. I'm sorry. A better word choice would have been "wild"

i appreciate seeing the process of this correction -- you're setting a good example for the rest of us! :)

would you enter your Google password into it?

NSA to UAE: can you install our special version of ChromeOS UAE: uhh NSA: we'll share data on Iranians, dissidents UAE: ace!

I must admit I have already logged into my google account on computers I did not own while traveling in the early 2000s

I have since lost my ability to stare out a window for 14 hours while entubed with hundreds of strangers

I have also lost any trust in computers and privacy so I am not sure what threat model to contemplate especially while on a plane

I would probably accept some promise of secure wipe / no solid state memory and changing my passwords later

I don't think Chromebooks would pass the device test. If iPads can't get on, what makes you think Chromebooks would?

airline-issued, not brought on board by passengers.

it's a good idea, but i don't think it would pass the test, unfortunately.

laptops and tablets can't be brought on board

you think they would allow Chromebooks - which are laptops, let's be honest - sourced from these countries, on board?

they wouldn't have to be sourced from the countries. They could just as easily be sourced from US

the inflight entertainment system is a computer that runs Linux so what's the difference? Why not have a few more computers

longer install time but you could even build the screens into the seatbacks. Why not?

or just don't take a direct flight - transfer somewhere and it's all good

fun. (I don't think this will really be workable for everyone & builds in an approximately similar amount of inconvenience)