Back in 2020, they shared an image that purportedly shows snaps from an X-ray machine used by the TSA, which features high-detail images of a completely nude body, suggesting that these machines see it all every time we’re scanned.

It triggered a wave of unsurprising discontent as people realized that their privacy might have been a lot thinner than they thought whenever they traveled.

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Of course, these security measures always come in for a reason, triggered by foiled or successful attempts to get around existing security options – but that doesn’t mean we have to feel thrilled by them.

Here comes the good news, though – it turns out these images are from an old generation of machine made by Rapiscan and used for a period of years by the TSA and the UK, too.

However, backlash at the time (in the early 2010s) was so severe as people made the same discoveries about their lack of privacy in the scanners that action has already been taken.

The TSA ended its contract with Rapiscan back in 2013 and has been using other scanners since then, which give a more generic and less detailed bodily scans.

So while the interest in these scanners is still completely valid, you can at least rest easy knowing your next trip won’t involve baring it all to some random airport worker.