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The naked ambitions of airline security

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Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport has just introduced an experimental full-body scanner to search passengers bound for the United States, with their consent. The fact that the machines are already being used in several countries does not make them any less controversial. But does the need for airline security outweigh the need to respect passengers' privacy?

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WOW!

by Anonyme - 02/12/2010 - 19:55

i love these new scanners because i get to jerk off to the naked images

airport scanners

by Anonyme - 20/11/2010 - 04:20

People need to grow up. Hasn't anyone been to the doctor? The sophistication of the criminal element dictates that these measures are necessary. I imagine that in the future you could be issued a paper suit to wear enroute, and all your belongings travel as checked luggage. Welcome to the post 9/11 world.

To add to the other comments,

by Anonyme - 26/02/2010 - 21:32

To add to the other comments, do these things really detect bomb making equipment etc. There seems to be some questions about these machines that are not being answered, or even in some cases, asked.

What makes you think

by Anonyme - 24/02/2010 - 16:09

things will be any safer? Had they properly implemented the safety precautions supposedly already in place at the time of these last incidents, they would not have happened. I feel confident they can manage to screw this up as well, with equally dangerous results.

Can't wait for them to start posting online

by Anonyme - 24/02/2010 - 16:08

and you know it's only a matter of time before pictures of the scans of stars and persons of note start showing up online.

Aside from that, I was in an airport here in the US using one of these on trail. No real attempt was made to keep people from checking out the scans of others.

Doesn't stop terrorists does cause cancer

by Anonyme - 23/02/2010 - 18:10

The real problem is not with the privacy. The real problem is the tetrahertz wavelengths can damage DNA, ripping it apart like a zipper.

This is indeed a public safety issue but it is about ionizing radiation, NOT about nudity. The radiation articles are getting harder to find due to all the outcry about privacy. I don't care why they stop them but this technology must be stopped, at least until we understand it. But once we understand it it will probably be as discredited as the Xrays of children's feet in the early part of last century.

Research for yourself. Don't have time to do a proper search but you can start here:
http://www.infowars.com/full-body-scanners-increase-cancer-risk/

The naked ambitions of airline security

by Anonyme - 23/02/2010 - 14:48

Its a simple matter to settle....would you rather be blown to pieces somewhere in the air or would you just go through the scanner and have a safe flight?Like somebody said"whats the use of that body when its blown anyway?"

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