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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 11:50 am
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Originally Posted by gojirasan
There should be a sign in front of the ATR NoS that says "please remove hair, glasses, sweat, and clothing with folds or pleats". I have to admit to being curious about whether I would alarm the ATR NoS without my glasses, with a fully shaven head, a genuine orange prison jumpsuit or, possibly spandex cycling clothes, industrial strength antiperspirant, and some anti-anxiety pills to further reduce sweating. I wonder what the false positive rate would be then.
May the sign should just say "Please remove yourself".

I watched the screens at AMS (they are quite visible to the pax being screened, the security person and anyone else sitting in the gate area). I watched one man who was nearly bald, no glasses or facial hair, didn't appear to be sweating. I don't know why, but the screen image showed 'anomalies' all over his face.

FWIW, another young guy went through and one large 'anomaly' displayed in the center of his image. He pulled up his t-shirt and showed a monster belt buckle to the screener and was good to go.
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