OT: Advanced Imaging Technology (TSA new scanners)

[LAAFTERHOURS]

For those of you that travel frequently, these new scanners have created a bit of an uproar in a few areas and i would be interested to hear thoughts from those that have encountered them.

1 – radiation of the units themselves
2 – scanner photos are nude photos supposedly that are erased when the next passenger goes through
3 – if you opt out of the scanners, you get frisked (where the frisking is basically touching any area of your body)

[briansd1]

I went through the scanner once, but I’d rather avoid it. It would depend on how busy the security line is at the time I’m going through. I might opt for body pat-down.

[briansd1]

I went through the scanner once, but I’d rather avoid it. It would depend on how busy the security line is at the time I’m going through. I might opt for body pat-down.

[briansd1]

I went through the scanner once, but I’d rather avoid it. It would depend on how busy the security line is at the time I’m going through. I might opt for body pat-down.

[briansd1]

I went through the scanner once, but I’d rather avoid it. It would depend on how busy the security line is at the time I’m going through. I might opt for body pat-down.

[briansd1]

I went through the scanner once, but I’d rather avoid it. It would depend on how busy the security line is at the time I’m going through. I might opt for body pat-down.

[enron_by_the_sea]

I would opt out of the ones that use X-rays. Yes I know that the radiation they emit is supposedly low.

However I am not willing to gamble my life on the bet that some person that I don’t know at the TSA has set the machine up correctly, that they haven’t malfunctioned since the last person went in, that they were calibrated and tested properly on that day etc.

At least if you go through a CAT scan in a hospital, supposedly trained workers operate those units and they are not used in such a heavy duty fashion.

I still can’t figure out why they did not just use the millimeter wave machines which would have been a lot safer, even if malfunction happened.

I don’t have any issues with nude photos or intrusive pat downs. They are just annoyances that I am willing to go through to catch the underwear bomber!

[enron_by_the_sea]

I would opt out of the ones that use X-rays. Yes I know that the radiation they emit is supposedly low.

However I am not willing to gamble my life on the bet that some person that I don’t know at the TSA has set the machine up correctly, that they haven’t malfunctioned since the last person went in, that they were calibrated and tested properly on that day etc.

At least if you go through a CAT scan in a hospital, supposedly trained workers operate those units and they are not used in such a heavy duty fashion.

I still can’t figure out why they did not just use the millimeter wave machines which would have been a lot safer, even if malfunction happened.

I don’t have any issues with nude photos or intrusive pat downs. They are just annoyances that I am willing to go through to catch the underwear bomber!

[enron_by_the_sea]

I would opt out of the ones that use X-rays. Yes I know that the radiation they emit is supposedly low.

However I am not willing to gamble my life on the bet that some person that I don’t know at the TSA has set the machine up correctly, that they haven’t malfunctioned since the last person went in, that they were calibrated and tested properly on that day etc.

At least if you go through a CAT scan in a hospital, supposedly trained workers operate those units and they are not used in such a heavy duty fashion.

I still can’t figure out why they did not just use the millimeter wave machines which would have been a lot safer, even if malfunction happened.

I don’t have any issues with nude photos or intrusive pat downs. They are just annoyances that I am willing to go through to catch the underwear bomber!

[enron_by_the_sea]

I would opt out of the ones that use X-rays. Yes I know that the radiation they emit is supposedly low.

However I am not willing to gamble my life on the bet that some person that I don’t know at the TSA has set the machine up correctly, that they haven’t malfunctioned since the last person went in, that they were calibrated and tested properly on that day etc.

At least if you go through a CAT scan in a hospital, supposedly trained workers operate those units and they are not used in such a heavy duty fashion.

I still can’t figure out why they did not just use the millimeter wave machines which would have been a lot safer, even if malfunction happened.

I don’t have any issues with nude photos or intrusive pat downs. They are just annoyances that I am willing to go through to catch the underwear bomber!

[enron_by_the_sea]

I would opt out of the ones that use X-rays. Yes I know that the radiation they emit is supposedly low.

However I am not willing to gamble my life on the bet that some person that I don’t know at the TSA has set the machine up correctly, that they haven’t malfunctioned since the last person went in, that they were calibrated and tested properly on that day etc.

At least if you go through a CAT scan in a hospital, supposedly trained workers operate those units and they are not used in such a heavy duty fashion.

I still can’t figure out why they did not just use the millimeter wave machines which would have been a lot safer, even if malfunction happened.

I don’t have any issues with nude photos or intrusive pat downs. They are just annoyances that I am willing to go through to catch the underwear bomber!

[TenaciousSD]

I’ve been scanned and patted down – the TSA was kind and polite. He did run his hands up my legs tapping my genital area. I could tell that he was just looking for anything suspicious. There was no creepy feeling and the stroking as fast and as professional possible. I would however, not feel comfortable watching my grandmother, wife, or children go through the same process.

Report of a 3-year old girl who was routinely patted down:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=77140

Breast and/or groin now included in TSA securities pat down procedure:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7057978n&tag=related%3Bphotovideo

At the heart of the controversy over “body scanners” is a promise: The images of our naked bodies will never be public. U.S. Marshals in a Florida Federal courthouse saved 35,000 images on their scanner – many of which are now published on the Internet.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/11/16/131361057/website-publishes-100-pictures-of-federal-security-body-scans

[TenaciousSD]

I’ve been scanned and patted down – the TSA was kind and polite. He did run his hands up my legs tapping my genital area. I could tell that he was just looking for anything suspicious. There was no creepy feeling and the stroking as fast and as professional possible. I would however, not feel comfortable watching my grandmother, wife, or children go through the same process.

Report of a 3-year old girl who was routinely patted down:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=77140

Breast and/or groin now included in TSA securities pat down procedure:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7057978n&tag=related%3Bphotovideo

At the heart of the controversy over “body scanners” is a promise: The images of our naked bodies will never be public. U.S. Marshals in a Florida Federal courthouse saved 35,000 images on their scanner – many of which are now published on the Internet.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/11/16/131361057/website-publishes-100-pictures-of-federal-security-body-scans

[TenaciousSD]

I’ve been scanned and patted down – the TSA was kind and polite. He did run his hands up my legs tapping my genital area. I could tell that he was just looking for anything suspicious. There was no creepy feeling and the stroking as fast and as professional possible. I would however, not feel comfortable watching my grandmother, wife, or children go through the same process.

Report of a 3-year old girl who was routinely patted down:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=77140

Breast and/or groin now included in TSA securities pat down procedure:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7057978n&tag=related%3Bphotovideo

At the heart of the controversy over “body scanners” is a promise: The images of our naked bodies will never be public. U.S. Marshals in a Florida Federal courthouse saved 35,000 images on their scanner – many of which are now published on the Internet.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/11/16/131361057/website-publishes-100-pictures-of-federal-security-body-scans

[TenaciousSD]

I’ve been scanned and patted down – the TSA was kind and polite. He did run his hands up my legs tapping my genital area. I could tell that he was just looking for anything suspicious. There was no creepy feeling and the stroking as fast and as professional possible. I would however, not feel comfortable watching my grandmother, wife, or children go through the same process.

Report of a 3-year old girl who was routinely patted down:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=77140

Breast and/or groin now included in TSA securities pat down procedure:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7057978n&tag=related%3Bphotovideo

At the heart of the controversy over “body scanners” is a promise: The images of our naked bodies will never be public. U.S. Marshals in a Florida Federal courthouse saved 35,000 images on their scanner – many of which are now published on the Internet.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/11/16/131361057/website-publishes-100-pictures-of-federal-security-body-scans

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