Remember a few weeks ago, when passengers in American airports were safe enough on airplanes that they only had to go through a metal detector, or allow an adorable beagle to sniff their drug-stuffed luggage? Not any more. The American Transport Security Administration (TSA) has introduced controversial new full-body scanners that create images of passengers' naked bodies through their clothes. If you refuse a scan, you will be subjected to a full-body pat down that gets, shall we say, very personal. And if you refuse that, BAM! You're arrested. Despite claims by the TSA that these scans are not a violation of privacy (because the agents who view the scans can't see the passengers in real life, and so can't associate one with the other) many hundreds of scans have found their way online. The changes have caused almost universal outrage, and the biggest protest yet is a National Opt-Out Day, scheduled for today. Rather than submitting yourself to those privacy-invading, genital-picture-taking, radiation-delivering scanners, participants choose the more invasive pat-down, making low paid federal employees share in the humiliation of frisking your privates. Some have suggested making the day extra-special by wearing a kilt in true Scottish style. But if you're on your way to the USA today and don't feel like going commando, Rocky Flats Gear have ingeniously engineered a cheeky way to beat the government X-ray scanner. The US firm is apparently doing a roaring trade in its range of novelty tungsten-lined underwear, which prevents airport security agents seeing your unmentionables. A pouch of tungsten, the scanner blocking metal, is decoratively affixed to boxers or briefs in the shape of that age-old symbol of modesty: the fig leaf. Women have the choice of a clasped hand design or fig leaf bra inserts. Bring on the scan! P.S. See the Taiwanese news parody of this serious privacy issue here.