Continuing on my journey home, once again I was asked to step into the full-body scanner. This time I was certain that I didn’t want to use it, I was so angry last time that I had been forced into it that I actually threw up. It wasn’t until I was in tears and asking them to take my bags off the plane, planning to take the train instead, that they gave me the manual pat-down.
Today I’m travelling home from 32c3, back to Aberdeen via London from Hamburg Airport. My experience passing through security to get to the gates this morning has angered me to the point that I had to vent. They have full-body scanners installed, which in my opinion are a massive invasion of my personal privacy. As I approached the security checkpoint, I noticed a sign where it stated that use of the scanner was not mandatory and that a manual screening process was available.