Do you opt out of the airport full body scanner? (Poll)

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Posted: 12/20/2016 10:48:43 PM EDT

I'm wondering how many people opt out of the full body scanner at the airport, and if so, why. I always opt out because I never agreed with having them in the first place. I think they're just another government intrusion into our lives.

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:49:42 PM EDT

[#1]

Tsa precheck

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:51:26 PM EDT

[#2]

No, I could care less if some TSA worker has to see my junk, doesn't bother me. Plus half the time they probably aren't paying attention

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:52:17 PM EDT

[#3]

I don't opt out

I just want to get through and be done with it

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:53:08 PM EDT

[#4]

OP just enjoys getting groped.

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:54:05 PM EDT

[#5]

I DGAF about it. I actually kinda feel sorry for the TSA folks, considering the size of most folks in the airport.

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:54:12 PM EDT

[#6]

I request it,I tuck my junk between my legs 1st and hope they trigger me by assuming my gender.I then find a safe place and call my lawyer

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:54:42 PM EDT

[#7]

Because of all the metal in my body I get raped with everything.

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:55:43 PM EDT

[#8]

I don't fly anymore.

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:56:22 PM EDT

[#9]

I'm fat so the jokes on them!

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:56:57 PM EDT

[#10]

I do not assume the surrender position in the radiation machine. I always opt out.

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:57:08 PM EDT

[#11]

I want to be done with that clusterfuck as quickly as possible. Scan me, let me the hell out of here.

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:58:26 PM EDT

[#12]

I asked about opting once out but I didn't want a cavity search

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:59:29 PM EDT

[#13]

No,I like to give them a little jiggle.

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:59:30 PM EDT

[#14]

OP needs this T-shirt:

http://www.refinery29.com/stick-it-to-tsa-body-scans-with-these-shirts-containing-a-hidden-message

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:00:09 PM EDT

[#15]

I always opt out for two reasons.

First, I'm skeptical of new, rapidly deployed technology that I'm assured is perfectly safe. After all, early X-rays, thalidomide, lead paint, agent orange were all wonderful creations in their time. Maybe this puts me in the same nut-job boat as the anti-vaccine crowd but I'll let other folks get exposed for a decade or so before I join in.

Secondly, I don't like the idea of being forced into a box that several thousand other people are pushed through daily. Flu anyone?

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:00:22 PM EDT

[#16]

I used to opt out all of the time.

It used to be faster than waiting in line.

Not faster anymore.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:00:33 PM EDT

[#17]

I always wanted to wrap my junk in tinfoil and try to keep a strait face when the body search comes along.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:01:16 PM EDT

[#18]

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Same here. I just want to get security over with and get on with my day.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:01:30 PM EDT

[#19]

I have never seen a backscatter machine. But the millimeter wave machines I would opt out of if I was early. If I was running late I would go through it ocasionaly. With precheck. I'very only gone through metal detectors the last couple years.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:04:43 PM EDT

[#20]

Whatever the fastest path is, I take it. My goal is to get there, get the job done, and get home.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:09:18 PM EDT

[#21]

I generally let the TSA pic.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:09:38 PM EDT

[#22]

Mostly on principle.
It offends me.

That and I know someone who used to work for L3 who saw firsthand their true capabilities.
Any image degradation is a function of software settings, and at the time of implementation it was user configurable.
(This may have changed.)

For the most part, I simply refuse to fly anymore.
I flew quite often from the 90's through the early 00's, mostly with work.
It just isn't enjoyable, or actually even (dependably) faster, for most places I would traditionally fly.
It's been several years since my last flight.

I would only consider it if the drive time exceeded 10 hours or so, for the lost time, added expense, and hassle.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:12:11 PM EDT

[#23]

I wiggle and sling my junk around when they scan - want everyone to know that I am packing BIG bore.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:13:56 PM EDT

[#24]

I have PreCheck.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:17:05 PM EDT

[#25]

No. In fact, an hour before I check in I pop a Viagra and then listen to Penthouse Forum letters using a headset while I wait in the screening line.

When the agent gets the report over his radio after I am scanned, I say "Hey, it's cold in here. Don't judge."

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:17:11 PM EDT

[#26]

I did not know it was an option to opt out. So, no I have always done the body scan.

I did opt out of taking my shoes off once. Only once. The way the take of your shoes sign was written it appeared to be optional. So, I asked a TSA. He said it was optional. After I walked through the metal detector they pulled me aside and did the full cavity search.

After the search was over I asked why they did it and TSA said because I did not take my shoes off. I asked why he did not mention that when I asked him about taking of my shoes and he said because I did not ask.

I take my shoes off now.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:17:18 PM EDT

[#27]

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Username is appropriate.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:20:03 PM EDT

[#28]

People don't care about the government intruding in their life anymore as long as it makes life more convienent for them...

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:20:17 PM EDT

[#29]

I always just go through the body scanner. I am not exactly "white" and as such always get an extra pat down. One TSA officer once said I had something over my chest, and started to ask me about it. I told him I had no such thing and he scanned my chest with a wand before letting me pass.

It's very unusual. However most of the time it's painfree. One time I saw the TSA officers unloaded these old couple's entire carry on luggage. They dumped out the entire content, patted them down, then gave them the all clear. Very unsure exactly what that was supposed to do.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:21:19 PM EDT

[#30]

I never opt out.

Really don't get why people get so freaked out over them.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:21:49 PM EDT

[#31]

Why would I care about walking through some box? Am I supposed to care about them seeing an xray photo of my balls or something? It's a non issue for me.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:21:52 PM EDT

[#32]

always opt out, mostly to be a PITA and to establish that we can, in fact, opt out. I have been punished several times by being held in small holding areas for 20 minutes, lectures from the fuckballs at the TSA, having my luggage dismantled and strewn everywhere.

F the TSA. Useless assholes. I hate them. The do nothing but burn dollars and put on a show.

I still don't trust their backscatter machines aren't storing high res images, and it's interesting how every time we go to the airport they never hassle me about opting out, but if wife tries to opt out, they almost always try and cajole her into the scanner.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:23:42 PM EDT

[#33]

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OP needs this T-shirt:

http://www.refinery29.com/static/bin/entry/697/x/6307/4th-amendment-wear-tsa-shirts-2.jpg

http://www.refinery29.com/stick-it-to-tsa-body-scans-with-these-shirts-containing-a-hidden-message

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I wouldn't exactly say they violate the 4th amendment right since entering the airport is basically giving consent to search. They posted signs all over the airport to describe this.

Now if they put random stop-and-frisk or random police checkpoints around the cities without any sort of warnings, then that would be a problem. Most DUI checkpoints post signs prior to the checkpoint explaining that proceeding will essentially give the police the right to search your vehicle.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:24:11 PM EDT

[#34]

I ALWAYS opt out and elect the Swedish massage instead. I don't need anymore backscatter radiation in my life, no matter how safe they tell me it is.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:27:53 PM EDT

[#35]

No problem with it. Got turned down for precheck, but I fly all the time with my wife - she's crew.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:28:32 PM EDT

[#36]

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Posted: 12/20/2016 11:28:46 PM EDT

[#37]

I always opt out. Was asked why last time and said "Because I can and I get enough radiation at work and the ARA says only one chest xray per year and this is the same asize a chest xray" tsa guy says "you were scanned three times coming in and..." apparently it wasn't public knowledge. Several smaller airports are testing back scatter.

If you walk through dubai airport, you will be scanned a minimum of 4 times and you can't even tell they are there

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:28:50 PM EDT

[#38]

OP in TSA queue: "touch my penis"

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:30:06 PM EDT

[#39]

I always opted out. I would request that they go a little to the left or right on occasion too. They never held me up and several times I made it through faster than my wife who was in the normal line. They would pull people who were opting out and let us go through ahead of everyone else.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:32:07 PM EDT

[#40]

Ya know, if those guys want to look at my cock, I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:34:56 PM EDT

[#41]

No. I just do it.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:37:10 PM EDT

[#42]

Last time they asked me to stop dancing.

Posted: 12/20/2016 11:50:30 PM EDT

[#43]

I have pre check and got the "you have randomly be selected for additional screening" yesterday. I was the only one in line

scanned and molested for $85

Posted: 12/21/2016 12:02:08 AM EDT

[#44]

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I do not assume the surrender position in the radiation machine. I always opt out.

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This

Posted: 12/21/2016 12:05:42 AM EDT

[#45]

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No, I could care less if some TSA worker has to see my junk, doesn't bother me. Plus half the time they probably aren't paying attention

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This was how I felt the time I had to go through it at O'Hare, and it was not bad really, but immediately upon completion of it I was then pulled out of line and patted down as well. I was like "really"

Posted: 12/21/2016 12:07:15 AM EDT

[#46]

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Same here. It's no longer convenient. It's no longer enjoyable, not just because of the ridiculous security, but because of the other passengers you're forced to be exposed to.

Personally, I'd rather drive. I'm more comfortable, I get to enjoy the scenery, and I don't have to put up with the TSA or smelly, loud, obnoxious travellers.

Posted: 12/21/2016 12:07:46 AM EDT

[#47]

these are the scanners that the designer came out and said that these really weren't originally designed for humans. something about DNA rearrangements.

I always get the full treatment, so I just opt out and get ordered around by people looking for nitrile gloves.

Posted: 12/21/2016 12:34:30 AM EDT

[#48]

I hate tell you TSA haters but nothing is seen, it just shows and outline of human, and will highlight any areas of concern on the black outline.

Posted: 12/21/2016 1:50:12 AM EDT

[#49]

Always opt out here in the US.

I do have a question, though. I was at Heathrow (London) anbd went through security where they had these. Can you opt out in other countries? I ended up getting waived through a regular x-ray machine, so I didn't have to ask.

Posted: 12/21/2016 1:55:57 AM EDT

[#50]

For those of you opting out due to radiation concerns - the energy involved is non-ionizing i.e. won't give you cancer.

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