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OC Airport Security (OC)

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u/bopyw 29d ago

What

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u/MommySkunk 29d ago

We get stopped in screenings sometimes because our dicks or tits

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u/HumongousBelly 29d ago

They can see dicks and tits on those X-rays? That’s fucking nuts. I bet a lot of perverts love working at the tsa. Especially with all the touching and shit

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u/JCDU 29d ago

It can see injuries too, mates who have had major surgery EG leaving a scar or skin graft always get patted down because one limb isn't the same shape as the other for example.

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u/Salty_Paroxysm 29d ago

The machines have improved in some airports, but I still get pulled on a regular basis for 'unexpected density' in the crotch area.

They seem disappointed that I'm not hanging dong and it's only surgical mesh.

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u/Onedtent 29d ago

I have scar tissue on my one leg that trips the system.

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u/YamiZee1 29d ago

The x-rays themselves can, but they use software maybe ai or something to detect unusual readings and display them on a screen. Nobody is supposed to be shown the raw x-ray images.

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u/centurio_v2 29d ago

No the display looks exactly like what it does in the comic. If it highlights an area on the diagram they'll pull you aside and pat you down.

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u/NSAevidence 29d ago

Yeah but they had to change it to that because it used to be a very detailed image but the male tsa agents were making copies and passing them around. Back then, one agent got really close to my face when I stepped out of one of those and said "smile for me sweetie". It's a horrifying situation all around. You never know who is going to victimize you after an experience like that

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u/MommySkunk 29d ago

The body scan has a male and female setting and they flag your dick or tits sometimes

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u/Next_Specific7924 29d ago

I was wearing a tunic and they sent me through 3 times once, with variations of tucked/untucked shirt. I still don't know what happened. I still feel mortified by it lmao

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u/toochaos 29d ago

Its not an x ray machine, different kind of technology that gives a much more detailed image.