Full Body Scans at Airports

Joculator · **Full Body Scans at Airports -** 10-13-2009, 13:10

I spotted this article on the BBC News site HERE
Here is my ironic view of matters...
Now I know the old joke about 'How can you tell when an official spokesperson is lying? - Because their lips are moving!', here is a classic example.

I'm all for security at airports or indeed anywhere large crowds of people are vunerable but this is the 'best idea yet'. Yeah... right...

Sarah Barrett, head of customer experience at the airport, has given us the full benefit of her technological wisdom.

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..most passengers did not like the traditional "pat down" search.

I live in hope that one day I will be forced to face the good looking 25 year old blonde female customs officer instead of the ugly guy with a face like a melted rubber dog toy.

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...They work by beaming electromagnetic waves on to passengers while they stand in a booth. A virtual three-dimensional image is then created from the reflected energy. Ms Barrett said the radiation levels were "super safe"...

How many times has the government warned us about frying our brains with the radiation off a small mobile phone?
What will it do to passengers with pacemakers?

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The images are not erotic or pornographic and they cannot be stored or captured in any way...

followed by...

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...the black-and-white image would only be seen by one officer in a remote location before it was deleted

How? If its impossible to store the image in the first place?

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Passengers can go through this machine 5,000 times a year each without worrying. The amount of radiation transmitted is tiny.

If my maths are any good, 5000 x tiny = fairly large.

Maybe I'll find an article that will give some information that will be objective and actually one-sided in it's views.

Maybe not...

Katcal · 10-13-2009, 13:34

Ok, I'm never getting on another plane ever again.

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