[reader50]

Finally, some evidence that the TSA's X-ray backscatter scanners can no longer record images. And the watching agents really are forbidden to have cameras in the voyeur room.

A Texas woman was kept in the secure area at Dallas International, and sent through the scanner three times.

Terrell claims that a TSA agent asked if she played tennis. When she responded wondering why she was curious, the official explained, “You just have such a cute figure.”

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It's about time. We can all go through the scanner proudly now, knowing no "art" will be kept. Those in better shape can even go through more times, until the watchers are satisfied.

[mduell]

I don't see how this is evidence of your claim. The realtime reviewers may not have easy access to the stored images.

[euphras]

Good thing! Over here these things never managed to leave the "experimental stadium". Then the software was altered in a way, that body pictures were anonymised so that voyeurs couldn´t get a glimpse on the "actual hardware" (or better "soft targets"). The underlying software was also failure-prone - too many false alarms.

[hyteckit]

Originally Posted by reader50 

Finally, some evidence that the TSA's X-ray backscatter scanners can no longer record images. And the watching agents really are forbidden to have cameras in the voyeur room.

A Texas woman was kept in the secure area at Dallas International, and sent through the scanner three times.



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It's about time. We can all go through the scanner proudly now, knowing no "art" will be kept. Those in better shape can even go through more times, until the watchers are satisfied.

Nope.

It just means they wanted pictures of her in 3 different poses.
One with arms up.
One with arms to the side.
One in ballerina stance.

[Uncle Skeleton]

Just another example of how regulations are destroying our freedoms. If you outlaw porno-scanners, then only outlaws will porno-scan us!

Porno-scanners should be available to all of us, and the longer before I get one of my own, the more we're living in a commie-fascist dick-tatership.

[Shaddim]

I still ask for the pat-down and then I make comments like, "Hey Joe, me love you long time". They enjoy that.

[reader50]

Has anyone heard of the pornoscanners catching a terrorist? Tens of millions of people have been 'pictured' (strip-searched) by now, and I'm wondering if they've gotten even a single hit.

If no one's been caught, then the program has a 0% success rate. Every person searched was innocent.

The other way to argue is it's 100% successful at preventing (fill in blank). This reasoning - negative result - is suspicious. It could be used to prove any hypothetical program.

For example, if they'll send me $10,000 a week, I will guarantee no large meteors will hit a major city so long as the payments continue. It would cost *much* less than a meteor shield or a lost city, so the price is a bargain.

[Shaddim]

They're for suspected terrorists? I thought they were there just to entertain the TSA dweebs.

[ghporter]

All preventative steps have this problem. They are either extremely effective at preventing people from trying something, or they are a completely worthless charade. My feeling is that they are very effective and will work for some time to come. Until someone thinks he can slip something through them by some dodge or other, that is...

As reader50 puts it, the scanners look a lot like "Bengal Tiger Repellant." Don't see many Bengal tigers around here, right? Then it works! But the people who really want to disrupt and terrorize air travel* are not (for the most part) nut cases who will try without a solid chance of success, so this method "works" for the moment.

*The people who think these things up are not the ones who go on the airplanes you know...they are the ones who convince others to do that. This is a case of manipulation and serious advantage taking, but that's a completely different discussion.