Going through all the security checks and procedures at an airport can be both stressful and annoying. What items does the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ban or allow you to bring? Will ...

The image above showing examples of TSA full-body scans is authentic and was captured using the agency's backscatter unit, hundreds of which were installed in U.S. airports in 2010. The devices were ...

Leaked Images Belie Our Implicit Pact with TSA Gizmodo's Joel Johnson writes, "At the heart of the controversy over 'body scanners' is a promise: The images of our naked bodies will never be public." ...

There's nothing as simultaneously reassuring and infuriating as modern airport security. Anyone who's done even a little traveling knows the feeling of arriving at the airport only to be greeted by a ...

With one of the year’s busiest traveling days fast approaching, the Obama administration’s top transportation security official on Monday urged passengers angry over safety procedures not to boycott ...

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 ...

Beginning in 2007, full-body scanners were installed at the nation's airports to address concerns that terrorists could smuggle explosives hidden in their clothing — or, in one infamous case, their ...

Travelers enduring scorching temperatures across the U.S. and Europe – or who tend to perspire profusely – may find their sweat stains triggering body scanner alarms at airport security. In a recent ...

Ever since the tragedy of 9/11, the Transportation Security Administration has been implementing more and more ways to enhance airport safety, including explosives detection systems, canine teams, and ...