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Interesting.

I opted out this morning. I have friends on flight crews who opt out (either by KCM or by the freedom frisk) and I haven't heard anyone in my circles complain about it on Facebook.

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I think this headline is misleading. Per discussion from yesterday (there's another thread), TSA published a document which says that they may decline opt-outs but that passengers can "generally" still opt out (they didn't publicly state who won't be permitted to opt out or when or why). While this is a very disturbing change, it's not quite the same as eliminating opt-outs entirely.

So it's probably more likely that opting out is now a courtesy and that if they want to make you go through the peep-show machine, they can.

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