TSA Body Scanners Can Store, Transmit Images

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[citation][nom]sliem[/nom]Can you identify an individual from these images? No.Then, why bother?[/citation]

Yes. That is why they had to blur out the images.
 
There is another concern that I have since it's a given now that the TSA is lying to us.

How can we take their word that what they have shown people is all that the machines are capable of showing? Might there be another "switch" which would allow a much better picture than what they are showing to the public and our elected officials?
 
[citation][nom]YZFR1Guy[/nom]What about all the radiation exposure to frequent flyers? Is this not a concern?![/citation]

Depending on the type of whole body imaging system it is either less radiation than what you get on the plane itself if it's an X-ray based scanner or none if it's a millimeter wave based system.
 
These machines were all built before there was an actual market for them, hence their quick deployment to airports in various countries. The "crotch bomber" happens just days before the security measures invoked after 9/11 were set to expire, which "justifies" extending these measures and expanding them by bringing in these devices, which can't detect the materials used in this instance. These machines were ordered about a year ago, even though they pose privacy and health concerns.
Add in the fact that this technology can basically create a 3d biometric scan of people and that "surprise" all one has to do to see a full nude of these pictures is to use the "invert image" command in pretty much any photo editing software - no more ghostly images that are shown, rather full color nude pictures of everyone who is scanned.
So - we have expensive devices that don't work for what they are being introduced to do, have health concerns and damage DNA, can be used as a source of pornography, can transmit and store data, and can be used to generate biometric data on an entire person in 3d.
Bottom line - the "crotch bomber" may have thought he was working for Al Qaeda, but it would seem he was working indirectly for the manufacturers of these machines and the control freaks that want this level of invasion of privacy normalized.
This has little if nothing to do with airline security folks. The crotch bomber had no passport, was flagged as suspicious by airport security and was still allowed on a plane.
I smell false flag all over this.
Motive - money for "security" companies and power for national security organizations, another blow against human rights and dignity, and previously increased security measures set to expire.
Means - the guy waltzed through security which implies he had high - level help along the way, (and not from people hiding in caves in a war zone).
Opportunity - using a dummy that thought he was going to martyr himself for a cause and manipulating him into going ahead with a plan that was destined to backfire (literally) to justify bringing in the end result which is the introduction of these machines and continuation of other "security measures" - the continued warrantless wiretaps, the continued monitoring of all emails and more.
 
[citation][nom]LumberWagon[/nom]These machines were all built before there was an actual market for them, hence their quick deployment to airports in various countries. The "crotch bomber" happens just days before the security measures invoked after 9/11 were set to expire.........[/citation]

Try having some knowledge about what you're talking about instead of just speaking thru your rear.

These system have already been in service before the most recent bombing and didn't need the bombing to push them, they can in fact detect the type of explosive that was used, the health concerns are nill (no more than any technology you use in your everyday life) and you can't just invert the image to get a naked picture of a person, got any other consperacy theories?
 
I knew they were lying when I watched them on Mainstream Media say "We don't have the capability to save or transmit images to a permanent location. The images get instantly deleted once the next person moves through." The image has to store somewhere to even be viewed in the first place :facepalm:
 
This is an invasion of privacy. It does not matter if its low resolution, it does not matter if it can store images, it does not matter if it can transmit images.

I do not deserve to be strip searched, virtual or otherwise. Im not a criminal and dont deserve to be treated like one.

If i had a choice to ride an airplane with a 2 hour security check with pat downs, full body scanners and all that other shit....

Or a quick metal detector pass through plane where people rights arent trampled on. Id take my chances with the no hassle flight any day.

To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, 'those who would give up liberty for a little security, deserve neither"
 
What is not an invasion of privacy.

Metal dector.
Explosives 'sniffer'(like a smoke detector but for known explosive compounds)

I wouldnt mind walking through either.

But full body scan, pat down, all that other crap is BS. It doesn't make you any safer, it just wastes money, and invades your privacy.
 
[citation][nom]none123[/nom]What is not an invasion of privacy.Metal dector.Explosives 'sniffer'(like a smoke detector but for known explosive compounds) I wouldnt mind walking through either.But full body scan, pat down, all that other crap is BS. It doesn't make you any safer, it just wastes money, and invades your privacy.[/citation]

Actually they make you much safer, sniffer's can't detect all explosives and so many things can get thru a metal detector they are virtually useless, whole body imaging on the other hand can detect any weapon/explosive on your person.
 
lol @ body scanners. Terrorists just need to put the bomb in the rear body cavity. This is only to give a fake security feeling to passengers
 
Ill just fly naked... then i dont need the extra radiation....

On another note ill start selling coppersheilding underwear :)
 
Wished they scanned a woman instead of a man. the article would be so more appealing!
 
I make 2 or 3 international trips a year - through Amsterdam. I guess I'd better get my 60 year old body back into shape.

Those of you who feel that the full body scanners are an egregious invasion of privacy don't have to fly.
 
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