I smile and say “I’m going to opt out.” They often look surprised, but only for a moment. They know the drill.

once when boarding a plane with my entire family(with very small children) they told me if we wanted to opt out. I’d have to bring someone over to do a manual security check. I said if that’s what they wanna do, but I wanna opt out. And then another agent said just let em go through and they let us.

also, always stand to the side of the camera.

also, always stand to the side of the camera.