Airport security knows what laptops look like under the scanner. Modifications will probably result in it being immediately flagged - increasing done automatica

Airport security knows what laptops look like under the scanner. Modifications will probably result in it being immediately flagged - increasing done automatically by the machines themselves. What is the likelihood that the manufacturer put explosives into your laptop? Very low, perhaps zero. Additionally, laptops have lots of other components - unlike pagers - that absorb some of the damage, so that can reduce the damage to things outside the laptop. There are also additional checks to laptops on international flights - they must turn on, for example. The purpose is to reduce the risk, not to eliminate it.