The headline claims to explain *why* the TSA "fears" 13 in laptops, but does not...

sophacles · on April 7, 2012

Yeah they do, there is a part approx. 3/4 of the way down, where they say something to the effect of (supposedly as a result of TSA interviewing):

You have to give people the impression that you are doing something, and with rules, essentially the reason is security theatre.

read_wharf · on April 7, 2012

No, that sort of says something about why they differentiate, but it doesn't say anything at all about why they fear.