It’s getting to be that time of year again – in the coming months, many students and their families will partake in one of the year’s busiest airway travel days. Be it for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any other school-free outing, the weather outside may be frightful – but the security inside may not be what some would call “delightful.”

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have been installing new full-body scanners into airports across the United States to limit the threat of non-metallic terrorist threats. According to the TSA’s website, Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport is among one of the 68 airports to use the 385 scanners throughout the country.

Though the scanners were equipped to identify any and all substances that could be used with terrorist intent, a few instances have slipped under the radar. Take for instance, Mythbuster Adam Savage, realized after  taking his seat aboard his flight,  that he held two twelve-inch razor blades within his coat pocket. Whether that was just a slip up by one of the TSA agents, an error made by the scanner, or just a glitch in the Matrix is up for speculation – but it’s not something that should go unheard.

Should a passenger opt out of the scan, they will be subjected to an “advanced” pat down by a member of the same sex. That, however, is not the only thing passengers will be opting out of. Pilots have been told to avoid the scanners and endure other forms of security checks, as the repeated contact with the scanners will significantly increase radiation levels in the pilots over time, reports the Cable News Network.

“I went through a body-scanner when I was in Los Angeles coming back from New Zealand. I was a bit out of the loop, and did not expect there to be fully-operational body-scanners in the airport,” said South alumnus Kat Kinzer, “but I decided after the fact that I don’t really care that some guy behind the scanner saw stuff … because that’s just that guy’s job.”

On the controversy regarding the scanners, however, “I will say that I can see that going wrong pretty easily. I’m sure there will be some scandal all over the news related to body-scanners in a few months’ time,” said Kinzer.

All this public outrage against the new security started just as any modern backlash would – with a viral video. Or two. The numbers increase daily.

The video known as the one to start it all involved San Diego flier John Tyner refusing the new security checks, uttering the now infamous line “If you touch my junk, I’ll have you arrested.” Tyner was then refused flight by the TSA, and his story is not the only one to make it around the web.

A cancer survivor was forced to show her prosthetic breast upon enduring one of the new advanced pat-downs, while a bladder cancer survivor’s urine bag was broke open due to the pat-down procedure, and a young boy was stripped shirtless to receive a pat-down in front of several other to-be passengers.

Though the tales have made their way around the opinionated public, the TSA has all responded similarly to these incidents – its all for the safety of our country. Such news may make one feel like Big Brother is watching, but as the TSA states – its just that one guy behind the desk.