Geek Out

So Maybe Getting Molested By The TSA Isn’t SO Awful

Comedian and Community star Joe McHale thinks that having your genitals fondled by a stranger as you attempt to get home to your irritating family isn’t the worst thing ever. Hey, plenty of people pay to get grabbed there.


November 21, 2010
Cars

Here’s A List Of US Airports Currently Using Full Body Scanners

According to the TSA, there are currently 385 full body scanners in 68 different US airports. Check to see if your local airport is using these scanners to sneak a peak at your goodies.


October 19, 2008
Gadgets

Z Portal Strip Searches Cars at the Border, Is No Tunnel of Love

You know the recently deployed airport scanners that see through your clothes and show your bits ‘n’ pieces to some dude supposedly in a locked closet? Called backscatter, the tech been re-jiggered into a portal that cars crossing the border will have to drive through, allowing border agents to search your car without, you know, actually searching your car. The Z Portal will obviously strip-search anyone driving it, too, but a Customs spokesman swear it’s less revealing than the staticky porn your dad used to watch on an old TV.