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United Airlines Kills In-Flight Video Chat Over Terrorism Fears

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First Posted: 5/12/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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Yesterday, tech journalist John Battelle was minding his own business, video chatting with his wife and children from 30-plus thousand feet in the air, when a flight attendant informed him that he must disconnect the video stream for security reasons. Battelle was informed that the camera posed a security risk since he could potentially communicate with a terrorist.

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