Tech | January 11, 2010 | 2 comments

Airport Scanners Can Store and Transmit Images

source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/11/body.scanners/

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CNN is reporting on findings from a Freedom of Information request initiated by the Electronic Privacy Information Center that has revealed that, contrary to public statements by the Transportation Security Agency, full-body scanners can store and transmit images.
"In the [FOIA] documents, obtained by the privacy group and provided to CNN, the TSA specifies that the body scanners it purchases must have the ability to store and send images when in 'test mode.' ... 'There is no way for someone in the airport environment to put the machine into the test mode,' [an anonymous] official said, adding that test mode can be enabled only in TSA test facilities. But the official declined to say whether activating test mode requires additional hardware, software or simply additional knowledge of how the machines operate.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/11/body.scanners/
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2 comments // Airport Scanners Can Store and Transmit Images

  • ReganMann
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      ReganMann  

    • There is also the problem with children. What if the Man or Woman using the scanner is a secret pedophile? Teens especially are at risk of being violated...

    • 2 years ago
  • hell0everything
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      hell0everything  

    • Still kinda hoping the scans will be gender-assigned. I won't mind as much if it's a lady looking at my nakie blue body instead of a dude (whether or not he's attractive).

    • 2 years ago
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