Full-body scanners are being tested in a variety of airports. I didn’t get the pleasure of using one on my recent trip to Japan, unfortunately, so I can’t provide a first-hand account of what it’s like. I suspect it’s quite unremarkable to walk through one of these. That won’t stop people from being outraged over the fact that some TSA goon sitting in a sterile room somewhere where he can’t see the individual walking through the scanner gets to drool over grainy black-and-white images of everyone’s naughty bits!
The BBC brings word that the scanner is being tested in Manchester airport, and that reaction from the public is mixed, at best. Never mind the fact that the scanners allow travelers to pass through without removing their coats or shoes, dramatically speeding up a horribly inefficient process. The scanners show you naked!
But the full body scans will also show up breast enlargements, body piercings and a clear black-and-white outline of passengers’ genitals.
The spokespeople for the manufacturers and various security entities all assure us that the images cannot be stored. Yeah, right. If there’s one thing we know, it’s that a distressingly large number of human beings will do darn near anything to look at nekkid pictures of other human beings. I can envision a whole new fetish springing up around black market rips of security scanner images. Start registering domains now, gang!
The good news is that you can show your junk to the TSA goons up to five thousand times per year before you need to worry about the radiation you’re subjecting said junk to.
This has been in the news for a few years. I’m not so concerned about my junk as I am about my fat rolls being revealed.
This might be unfair of me, but on average are the sort of people that have breast enlargements or body piercings really the shy and timid folk that are likely to give a damn what the TSA see.
We want the quick service, but not the cost.
- Amir Rosenthal
People are outraged simply because every time we see a photo of this new scanner, it’s some fatty showing off their gunt. Show some hot babe in all her glory, and I doubt anyone will have issues with this.
Ehhh… I have a feeling that more women would have issues with what you described than the image above.
To me, it’s worth it not to have to take my shoes and belt off. I really don’t care if someone in a “remote location” seems me naked in grainy “scanner-vision”.
You’re a sucker, Dave! This is all part of The Man’s plot to desensitize us to privacy invasions! First it’s scan-through-the-clothes … but how long until clothes themselves are contra band!!
That’s actually a warning for the apocalypse in Islam.
…Just saying, yeah know, maybe airports are bring the end of the world. [/sarcasm]
So if images can’t be stored, how did we get this one? :)
I couldn’t give a crap if images were stored or not, if it means I can set down my bags, walk through, and pick my bags up without removing my shoes, belt, hair, whatever, I’m down.
If it gives someone in the back a thrill to see my junk in black and white, they’ve got like the worst job in the universe, I think they deserve it.
Fine, I’ll be that guy…
Is that an RPG strapped to your leg, or do you just really enjoy flying?
Do you think this will give a boost to TSA recruiting?
So if the images are not being stored – what’s the point?
If someone has something “inconspicuous” on their “person” (different from “junk”) it shows up on the “scanner”.
But then where does the law kick in? Because once the person steps out of the scanner – there is no proof of anything and no evidence to support probable cause of what the observer thinks they might or might not have observed.
Someone has to be flashing a still if a gun or a knife shows up on the screen.
This won’t hold up in court.
Also – guys should all go thru with a large ‘woody’ every time just to mess with the Security.
Although I think the images can be stored the point is to stop drug trafficking as well as weapons and the law kicks in the minute the person looking at the scans says “grab him/her” to the security personnel standing next to the scanners.
I hope they force everyone to go through these damn things though regardless of religious views otherwise its fucking pointless.
Bunch of scared people if shit its gonna happen it will happen period, stop living in fucking fear.
I say fuck the scanner and anything beyond metal detectors we don’t need this shit; they way to stop stuff is for people to get off their asses and do there damn job correctly and to there highest ability
This is a prime opportunity for some company to market backscatter scan resistant “junk trunks”.
+1
Stop it now.
These is great for security reason…..But anyone staff stolen these image upload to the internet. people would be hurt and hard penalty cost for illegal image on the internet (include Porngraphic of teen age) Think for privacy act against custom staff who would be break the law.
what?
I wonder if some hot celeb-chick would step into that scanner, knowing that exact picture s’gonna end up on the internet for weirdos to jerk off at..
guess attorneys will be quite busy suing airports
just a thought..
I really hate the idea of them.
Aside from my personal reasons against them, reading through the comments on the BBC article got me thinking: what about children and what about people from religions where woman have to stay covered? I know you’re allowed to opt-out, but I think a lot of people won’t know or have been told what the scanner shows. If they then found out afterwards they might be outraged, disgusted and feel violated (the religious people that is, I’m sure children wouldn’t care, but their parents might)
I don’t fly much, but I’ll certainly be opting out the second I see one of these. I’ll probably try to not let them pat me down too of course and demand they put me through one of the old scanners. I kinda like taking my shoes off.
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