That argument might work better if just recently we no longer have to take off our shoes.
Come on. Now you get face and body scans. That's not better. And when the machine randomly selects you, you take off your shoes anyway, and then they frisk you.
25 years later and we still have a ton of other restrictions.
because of the backscatter machines? I'm not sure you understand what is being claimed.
...we don't have to take off shoes anymore at US airports though.
Because they can just look at pictures of you naked now. Much better!