X-rays are sub-nanometer waves. Millimeter wave scanners are fancy radar (with microwave photons)
I always opted out of x-ray backscatter machines, but mm-wave scanners aren't worth the hassle.
I always opted out of x-ray backscatter machines, but mm-wave scanners aren't worth the hassle.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tsa-removes-x-ray-body-sc...
The whole implementation of these scanners was layers of corruption.
Still worth it IMO - as long as they have to train people to maintain the manual process, its a signal that there are people out there who won't just fold.
I've walked out of the security perimeter to reschedule after a flight cancellation in an airport with <10 passengers in the terminal. Upon reentering I was "randomly" selected for an explosives swab despite passing the first time with the same bag and not walking more than 50 feet away from the TSA checkpoint.
I felt sorta bad for the TSA guy who had to grope my sweaty armpits to make sure I wasn't a terrorist somehow
TSA employees are not even allowed to wear dosimeters, as I recall