Is it a violation of privacy for airports to use the new full-body x-ray scanners?
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First of all, you are in an airport boarding a plane. You have to give up a certain amount of privacy for this. We agree to show ID, to have our bags x-rayed or searched, walk through a metal detector, answer questions, etc. There is no way law enforcement can do this on the street without probable cause, but we understand that we must waive certain rights in order to board a plane. It's for the safety of everybody.
Second, unless you have a weapon on your person, this scan cannot be traced back to you. It's different from the x-ray machine that scans your bags. The TSA agent is sitting right there looking at that scan. But with this whole body scan, the person running the machine is in a different room with no windows. It is set up like that on purpose. They do it this way because they want to ensure that the person seeing your body on this scan cannot see you as a person. This ensures your privacy.
Third, the machine automatically blurs out faces, so even if the person looking at the screen were somehow able to print out the picture, leave the room, and go looking for you, there's no way to tell that the scan is you.
So basically, when you walk into the scanner, somebody in a windowless room away from the machine hits a button and sees a faceless image on his screen. If there's no weapon, the image is deleted after you leave the scanner, and there's no way to trace it back to you.
Personally, I'm happy this machine exists. It's far more effective than a metal detector at detecting weapons. As a frequent flier, I am glad to know there are no weapons on board.
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I have personally been through this machine twice and have no problems with it and have had up to 5 different tsa agents look at it at once. I work for an airline here in PHX sky harbor airport where they tested this machine.
I just think that people need to worry less about their privacy from strangers they will never see again that are there to help protect our skies and our family during flight and just enjoy their trip and remember that if you don't want to do it then request not to and they will do the old fashion pat down which too me is more invasive and private.
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Try being in the army and having to strip down in front of everyone to your boxers and t-shirt, every time you go through a security checkpoint at an airport...
I'm sure when you think about that idea, walking through a scanner isn't really that bad.
And honestly does this picture look that bad to you?
Personal Experience
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Think, if the security personnel is your friend or a relative!
It is OK as long as they’re not saving it and putting it on the Internet!
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The real question is: Is this an undue violation of privacy.
Given that there have been no 9/11 events since 9/11; this seems a bit much.
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M$Do you know the water you buy in the food court past security doesn't get checked at all? But your water bottle might be deadly, so leave it here please.
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I don't like being x-rayed, even with low doses. I especially don't like the idea of being x-rayed by a machine that is in a public place used by technicians with unknown training and whose maintenance records I'm not allowed to verify.There is no additional level of threat this device would stop, so it offers only the illusion of security.
We're also paying for this intrusion as part of the overall cost of airline transportation. Ultimately, I'm tired of being considered guilty until proven innocent and tired of financing every crackpot idea that comes along in the name of security.
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People today would be less likely to cooperate now that the possibility of a suicide hijacking has entered public consciousness. In my opinion, encouraging everyone to carry a boxcutter for protection would prevent another 9/11 better than full-body scans. You'll notice that massacres tend to happen in places where honest people are unarmed (airplanes, schools, churches). As hated as the police are, I don't hear of armed men going in and taking out hundreds of police, because police are armed.
We cannot guard against a criminal finding a way to sneak in a weapon, but they will be less successful if honest people can defend themselves and eventually less likely to try when it often fails. No one wants a fair fight. If they odds aren't for them, they won't try.
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M$There have been no drastic attacks on US airlines because security was increased. But it is surely an ongoing war of technologies like so many others. Right now there is no way to detect non-metal weapons, even guns. Fortunately those seem to be rare and experimental. But the sooner better scanners are in place the better.
It will, of course, have to be decided in the courts here in the US. In Europe the parliament and European Commission are arguing about it.
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