Erections at airports cause ‘red alarm’ to security scanners

The experience of airport security control is for most stressful. In recent years, however, dozens of male travelers have shared an even more embarrassing dimension of this process: the moments when TSA body scanners (Transport Security) are activated not by suspicious objects, but … by their own physiology. How scanners work and what modern scanners see use military waves or automated threat detection. They create a digital outline of the body and highlight with vibrant colors (usually red or yellow) any “abnormality” or protrusion that does not keep up with the expected shape. Although their goal is to identify weapons or hidden objects, they often “hit” when there is an erection or greater genitals, which the software interprets as a suspicious shape. True stories of shame in international media and forums such as Reddit, men describe how a slight erection – often after a farewell to their partner – was enough to cause alarm. ‘I put on the […]
Source: News Beast

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