Do you care if an airport screener sees you buck naked? X-Ray specs are here and now!

In My Humble Opinion
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Pretty amazing stuff!

Transportation Security official Susan Hallowell, as seen through a “backscatter” machine which peels back the dark blazer and skirt she’s wearing.

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      • MMMMMMM!!! SEXXXXXAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!
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Creepy isn’t it?

No cite, but one suggestion I read was to use an image recongition program (not exactly an easy task) to detect weapons and take the human vouyism aspect out of the loop.

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Interesting… To answer the OP’s question (I’m not sure whether it was facetious): Nope, I’m not too particular about who sees me naked. A lifetime of doctor visits’ll do that. :wink:

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Based on the article’s pics, not really. I suppose if the technology becomes commonplace, a greater number of people with mannequin-fetishes will go into airport-screener careers, but as long as they keep quiet about it, more power to 'em!

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Nope. As long as the screen is out of side of the general public then go nuts. It looks like crash test dummy porn or Marilyn Manson in his body suit. I feel for the screeners. For every Rose McGowan that walks though there are two Rosannes. :shudder:

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I’ve seen this story all over CNN tonight. The airport screener who gets to see my body will hopefully be smiling. (But, seriously, can’t they figure out a way to see less? Guess not. Oh well).

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The link isn’t working for me (slow, slow computer) but I wouldn’t care if women saw me naked. Not too keen on strange men seeing me nude (regardless of whether or not I strike their fancy.)

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That pic is quite revolting actually. But I couldn’t care less about who sees my naked.

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err, “…who sees me naked…”

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I’m more concerned about the radiation exposure. Anybody know the dosage from this device?

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One could take a viagra beforehand and go through a female scanner’s line.

Could she sue for sexual harrassment?

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The system uses “backscatter” xray technology, which gives a dose roughly equal to standing in bright sun for the same time.

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Hmm, well the sun is said to cause skin cancer…So that was my main concern. I’m not sure I believe it’s safe. Especially if you’re a frequent air traveler.

I wouldn’t mind a woman looking at the screen, but I guess that would mean they would have to pay two screeners - male and female…doesn’t seem likely they would do that.

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I found detailed information about the device in this PDF file:

This is very impressive technology. I’d agree with the manufacturer’s claim that its health effects are negligible, assuming that 0.05 uSv number is correct.

Still, comparing the dosage to sunlight is meaningless and misleading. The system uses 60 keV X-rays which is enough to penetrate your body. The flux is much lower though, so the dosage is very small. (I’m not criticizing gotpasswords here, the comparison has been mentioned on many newspaper articles so it must have been in the manufacturer’s press release or something.)

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Personally, that image doesn’t do anything for me. It’s as graphic as showing a picture of your skeleton, and I can’t imagine anyone getting a kick off of a picutre like that. So, no I wouldn’t be bothered at all.

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I’ll chip in with the “wouldn’t care” crowd. The picture isn’t exactly a Playboy spread, if you know what I mean.

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I guess my response is cool. I’d like a picture of myself.

Here’s more pics. The immigrants look like aliens. freaky.

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I wish they had a similar image of a man so we could compare the level of, um, explicitness.

(Upon preview, I see Fern Forest’s link answers my question somewhat.)

I second Duckster’s suggestion. It would be hilarious doing it every time, and then when it all goes into a big file somewhere, some poor schmuck will be thinking, “Well, this Mr. Duckster is quite an excitable individual…”

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Perhaps the machines should be operated by eunuchs.