benjaminearle

I've been reading a lot about people trying to get out of being scanned or frisked, or wanded, or groped, or patted, or (my favorite) "Porn-O-Scoped". First off, if you've seen the images and can get off from them you're REALLY in bad shape. Even the scrambled channels look better - at least they're in color.

But, on to my point - What if passengers started doing innocent things that did not cause a scene, violate ANY law, but made the TSA friskers blush.

My idea, and the onus of this on falls on the men here (and why not, isn’t it the privacy of the women we're wanting so desperately to protect since we've had community showers since 5th grade gym) is for men to go to a marital aid store and purchase a nice large (like 12"+) latex appendage and let it hang down your leg and go through security, especially the millimeter cave detection units. It'll most likely look funny and by mandate they'll have to pat you down. When they run up your thigh they'll get a BIG handful of something that's not theirs and most men don’t really want to have a handful of unless it IS theirs.

The scene only gets better if they ask you to take it out.

Anyone have the cojones to go through with this?

I personally have little problem with the full body scans themselves, but knowing that technology, specifically imaging technology is increasing in quality at breakneck speeds, I do have a concern for when my 3 year old daughter is 13 years old and is imaged. In 10 years time will that have computers looking for threats on the scans? Will they have gender-specific scanner lines?

On the scan, fail, then pat scenario – I agree with some other posters that if the screener or algorithm finds a suspect area, even if it is a prosthesis, but especially if it’s, say, a knee replacement, only THAT area should be subjected to more scrutiny. After all, if you forget to take your laptop out, they just pull it and e run the PC and the bag it was in. Your shoes and overnight bag are clear to go. Why grab my ... when it showed metal in my ankle?

Just my thoughts - and with the interwebs (Thanks, Al Gore), you can ALL read them and comment.

spgaston

I've considered moaning with pleasure.

cockpitvisit

Aren't you targeting the wrong people?

A better strategy would be to post naked pictures of senate members relatives on the web and promote them - fake or not, this will make the decisionmakers uncomfortable and not the TSA frontline employees who for the most part just follow the SOPs.

jtb226

I agree with your comments except for how the images look. Maybe I'm being naive, but do we actually really know what they look like? I've seen so many different "examples" that I don't know what to believe.

I actually don't mind the idea of the scanner, but I don't like the execution. The radiation is a significant risk and the idea of a grope just freaks me out. Also, I don't have kids now, but if/when I do in the future, I certainly don't want them having to go through all of this.

Compfreak

I was thinking of just stripping.

benjaminearle

A guy in San Diego tried that. They asked him to put his clothes back on so that could frisk him.

VideoPaul

Here's an idea.. after the TSO is done cobbing your rubes, turn around and grab HIM in the chogies and squeeze a few times. See if he's okay with that.

--PP

Polar Man

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