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 traveler says her tampon triggered an alarm in a TSA body scanner, and the story is resonating with menstruating passengers who suspect the machines might be detecting far more than officials admit.

It’s 11 a.m. on a Monday and I’m in my underwear, standing inside a sci-fi-like version of an airport security scanner. This is my first body scan. I’m about to have my insides documented in a process ...

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 ...

Sure, airport body scanners are looking for threats, but here’s what else these security devices might reveal in the process ...