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Did airport body scanners really see you naked? Heres what they show today

Early airport body scanners were far more revealing than most travellers realised. In the early 2010s, Rapiscan X-ray machines produced highly detailed, near-nude images that sparked outrage and were ultimately removed over privacy concerns. Experts tell Readers Digest that todays millimetre-wave scanners work very differently, generating only a generic avatar and flagging possible threats without exposing anyones actual body.

9 Dec 2025 9:57 pm