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Those of us who have asked to avoid the cancer box and been subjected to a subjectively punitive pat-down and fashion show experience are already anticipating just that. Yay!
(And for added fun, call it a cancer box. Wow, when you get that one TSA who only has bad days will you get a great speech as well)
Why do you call it a cancer box? I've been through plenty of them and never seen anything to indicate they're unsafe. Then again, we also used to let people x-ray their feet in shoe stores, soo...
Fun fact: Logan TSA asked the FAA for paperwork showing those things are safe. Anything.
FAA said fuck you.
That's kinda all I need.
I know the anecdotes say it's good. But with anything introduced hurriedly and without clear need - we know the TSA doesn't have good track record anyway - the hype-to-utility ratio is too high.