Have you ever stood in front of a urinal and wondered, “Is this toilet taking a picture of my dick?” If so, you aren’t alone. But you may be misinformed.

Urinals aren’t new inventions, but motion-detection sensors are, and that can make them seem scary. Sometimes they work. Sometimes they don’t. And the camera-like sensor pointing down at my bat and balls doesn’t fill me with confidence.

i swear these things are taking pics of my wiener pic.twitter.com/zhm3YnDefk

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However, according to The Urinal Shop, the internet’s premier destination for information on pissers, urinal sensors work using a technology called passive infrared (PIR) sensors, which track the heat pee streams emit to gauge when we start and stop peeing. So no, as far as I can tell, there isn’t a government database with hundreds of pictures of my beautiful dong.

Still, I’ll opt for sitting. After all, better safe than sorry.