Touched by the TSA? Win an iPod

[Maine-ah]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/11/19/tsa.touched.ipod/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn


CNN) -- Mobile-connected holiday travelers worried about being groped during airport security screenings can now at least hold out hope for a "Touch" of a more pleasant nature.

Loopt, a mobile check-in app along the lines of Foursquare and Gowalla, is giving away 10 iPod Touches to users hitting airports Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving when lines are expected to be even longer than usual due to new measures by the Transportation Security Administration.

To win one of the music and game players, users need to check in using the app, write briefly about their airport experience, then send the message to Twitter using the pithy hashtag, #touchedbyTSA. Loopt will choose 10 winners at random.

There are 400 new full-body scanning machines at 69 airports nationwide, according to the TSA.

[KeepItReal]

1. LAX last night no scanners and no pat down for most folks

The full body scanners were roped off and not in use at all.

I saw one older gentleman getting the pat down across the way. Don't know if he was random selection or failed the metal detector.

[hobbit709]

2. I'm not a Twit and have no use for either the feel up or the ipod.