Who said anything about a strip search? Wait a second....someone told this person to take off their clothes, then proceeded to physically touch them and probe their orifices searching for contraband?

I don't think it's reasonable to compare what happened with a strip search. And I don't see how what happened is all that humiliating, though I get the sense I'm probably just not as sensitive as many others. I find the security measures annoying and frustratingly misguided, but not humiliating.

You seem to be confusing a strip search with a body cavity search.

These machines are an electronic means of performing a strip search. There should be nothing controversial in that claim.

You're right. I always thought that a strip search would also include some kind of physical searching while nude in order to ensure that nothing is hidden in hair, folds, and at least the mouth orifice.