Airport Scanners Don't See What You Think

They're not looking for weapons. The scanner shows them something completely different and it

remembers you forever. Millimeter wave scanners don't show your body. They create a

featureless, genderless avatar and map 13,000 data points to it. If you have

a fold in your shirt that matches explosive density, a yellow box appears.

The officer never sees you they see a video game character with problem zones highlighted.

Forget guns. The algorithms hunt density anomalies. A sandwich with hollow spots?

Flagged. A book with pages missing? Flagged. Your laptop battery

swelling slightly? Flagged. Even clothing with layered seams can raise a red