[pp.int.general] Flashmob against full body scanners

[Erika Nilsson]

Whether privacy is *actually* affected or not, my understanding is that the
UK is talking about only scanning over-18s - and the only possible reason
for that is the fear of a public uproar due to fears of paedophiles etc. The
result is, of course, only to cement people's belief that airport staff will
really be looking at nude pictures of travellers. In the end, it makes the
whole enterprise completely useless (just strap the bombs to children
instead of adults).

I tend to agree that the worst bit about this is that we as taxpayers have
to contribute to something which is ineffective at best and a serious health
and/or privacy concern at worst. Arguably, any way of getting public opinion
against body scanners, be it through playing on people's (possibly
misinformed) fears of "some guy looking through my clothes", is perhaps a
good thing.


2010/1/11 <bakel362 at planet.nl>

>  > Oh, if privacy is not affected, only passive scanners are used, what
> > exactly happens, if the next bomb is transported in a body cave?
>
> I fully agree that thí í a silly árms race that will only catch stupid
> terorists, at bést.
>
> > Low energy X-Ray-Scanners
>
> NO! X-ray is *always* high energy! Sêe my previous explanation.
>
> > ... What happens if one day a suicider builds a "bomb" with
> > materials stolen from the cleaning personel?
>
> Many years ago, in NL thểre has bên a high profile "ballpen murder" case.
> Fortunately, it is unknown to the Department òf Homeland Security, else no
> péns would be allowed anymore on planes ...
>
>
> > Those body scanners do improve nothing, than the earnings of a few
> companies.
>
> Yes! I am still waiting for a whistle blower revealing that the security
> equipment firms had a big party after the "Detroit bomber" accident, late
> lást year.
>
> Sorry for the strange signs, I am sending thís from a Vietnamese PC.
>
> reinier
>
>
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