Tech Myth - Airport X-Ray scanner vs your data

Will you be travelling for the Christmas (or whatever you call it) holiday?
If you will be travelling, I would imagine that you will be taking your tablet, smartphone, laptop etc. with you, so here is a tech myth that may interest you if you're planning on flying to your destination;

Back in the days of camera with film (a long, long, long time ago), passing your bag through an airport X-Ray machine resulted in your undeveloped pictures getting severely messed up on the film or even being wiped from the film.  Now you fast-forward to the flash-storage era and persons are still living with that "film-related" phobia.

So what is the truth?

Straight and simple - Flash storage brought an end to the airport x-ray scanners wiping or corrupting your data.  You can rest assured that your laptop is safe too.

Here is the "why";
Airport X-Ray machines primarily use electromagnetic energy, unlike the magnetic energy of the walk- through metal detectors (these you should be concerned about), so your gadgets are completely safe in the basket on the conveyor belt along with your keys, flash drives, wallet and packet of chewing gum.

So there you have it - this myth is busted.  Your data will live to fight another day.