Are TSA scanners that see through clothes ok?
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I feel more secure
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Airport milimeter wave scanners mean they can see your entire body without clothes on. They claim they're blurring the face and pics get erased immediately, but it's only a matter of time before people start taking cellphone snaps of women off the screen. Or if famous people come through, those pics are worth money. If I fly, I'm not going through those things. Side: Unacceptable
Here's a picture of someone going through the scanner: http://www.wired. Side: Unacceptable
Actually the rays in question are of the T or Terahertz variety located just before the start of microwaves. The technology, or at least its mainstream use is only at an infantile stage so little is known about the true risks involved. The TSA offers limited verified information, but suggests that the amount of radiation is less than that emitted by a typical cell phone. Many have questioned the method with which that exposure quantity was measured; SAR (specific absorption rate) for example, and whether or not that particular measurement is appropriate for evaluating exposure over the entire surface of the body with regard to millimeter waves. The important thing to take away from this is that your health and safety could potentially be at risk. Additionally, and for your own information; gamma radiation is far from harmless and can cause burns, cancer, and cell mutation. Sorry to dispute your statement, but nothing angers me more than misinformation. Side: Unacceptable
How could you possibly be ok with these things seeing through your clothes? First of all it's just plain creepy. Another thing is that it could easily be abuses and we could be seeing these pictures being leaked. This is also just another useless security measure. None of these measures have been shown to really increase airport security. All it does is create inconveniences for people and causes them to barely make it to their flights or even miss them altogether. Side: Unacceptable
Absolutely not! That's an unlawful violation of personal privacy. Even if people were okay with it, the TSA abuses it by sexually harassing women and asking them to go through two and three times. Who wants criminals seeing them nude? It's perverse and outrageous. Side: Unacceptable
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Discouraging fat people from flying would also alleviate fuel costs in the long run. Every 25 lbs. trimmed per flight means $440,000 saved a year. I feel more secure knowing that I might not be nickel & dimed any further by airlines trying to pay for expensive-as-hell jet fuel. Side: I feel more secure
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Yes, it satisfies the exhibitionist in me ;) Actually, it's not like a nude, color picture of you, it's just an outline. Kinda like wearing a Speedo. I mean, you've got to be pretty desperate to be turned on by the sample pics I've seen. In other words, it doesn't really show anything you would want covered up (unless you're so prudish you wouldn't even wear a bathing suit). Side: I feel more secure
I think that everything is OK with those scanners. They are made not to look at our fat naked bodies. Remember that we are trying to catch dangerous people who can kill many people. That's why those scanners are done. And I think that we really need them if we won't feel any terrorist attacks more. I don't think that those images will be leaked. If they will - do you think that it is sexy to look at those X-ray bodies? I don't think so at all. Side: I feel more secure
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