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		EC1 on Nov 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journal... How do you opt out of airports?

wukkuan on Nov 18, 2014 [–]

I believe she is referring to opting out of the full body scanners[1] in American airports. One can do that by telling the TSA agent that they'd like to opt out of the scanner. They will instead do a manual pat down.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_body_scanner

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