Gone are the days when friends and family could walk you to your gate and you could board an airplane without a detailed airport security check. (For you youngsters, yes, that actually happened once ...

If you’ve ever shuffled through an airport body scanner wondering how much the machine can actually see, you’re not alone. For a while, the answer was: far more than most travellers realised. And that ...

A new government report issued this week assures fliers that full-body X-ray scanners in U.S. airports are safe. According to the report by the Department of Homeland Security, the machines use so low ...

Sweat stains on clothing can trigger alarms on airport body scanners. The scanners use millimeter wave technology that can detect water and sweat, leading to false alarms. Travelers experiencing a ...

The new “strip search” scanning machines at airport security checkpoints are increasingly causing furor over issues of privacy, decency and health. Over the weekend, a passenger in San Diego, software ...

Dubai has ruled out the use of full-body security scanners at its airports as the devices do not correspond with national customs and ethics according to the police officer heading airport security.

Passengers can decline a facial scan and request a standard ID verification process instead. It is also legal to opt out of the full-body scanner, which will result in a physical pat-down by a TSA ...