Comment on Airport face scans could replace boarding passes and check-in as soon as 2028

• partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And get rid of the pornoscanners.

  Domestically in the USA you can skip those if you have TSA Pre/Global Entry. You only have to walk through a metal detector with those.

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  • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Unless you get randomly selected to

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    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Even in that case you can opt-out and take a pat down instead. So in every situation you can avoid the pornoscanner, if you so desire.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And I think you can request to get felt up instead of digitally undressed. It’s up to you which is more palatable.

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    • DoubleSpace@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Last time I got both

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Then might as well pick the former if you’ll get it anyway, unless you’re into both.

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• DBT@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What airport is scanning people having sex?

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  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    None, people are just weirded out by the millimeter wave scanners. They think the workers get to see their genitals.

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    • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The workers were able to see your genitals, they just claim that they don’t now but we have no real evidence to confirm that.

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      • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        true

        I’ll let them take a picture over getting the, “It’s not gay if it’s TSA” uncle touchy treatment though

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah, they replaced them with a green checkmark or whatever I think, but someone in the back room can still see the raws.

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