Personal Security » Airport Security http://thepersonalsecurity.com In A World That Is Going Crazy There Is Nothing Quite Like A Little Personal Security Thu, 17 May 2012 18:08:33 +0000 en hourly 1 Personal Security? The Debate Over Full Body Scanners And Privacy Continues To Grow http://thepersonalsecurity.com/archives/personal-security-the-debate-over-full-body-scanners-and-privacy-continues-to-grow http://thepersonalsecurity.com/archives/personal-security-the-debate-over-full-body-scanners-and-privacy-continues-to-grow#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:28:29 +0000 Admin http://thepersonalsecurity.com/?p=264 All over the United States, new high-tech full body scanners are being installed at airports, and we are told that this is for our own good.  Apparently it is in the interest of national security that we all be subjected to what amounts to "virtual strip searches" before we get on an airplane.  But are these full body scanners actually going to make us safer?  Are they actually needed for our personal security?  Or are they just dehumanizing us and blasting us with needless amounts of dangerous radiation?  Well, the debate continues to rage on but the Transportation Security Administration continues to install them anyway.  At this point the TSA has spent more than $80 million for about 500 full body scanners.  133 have already been installed at U.S. airports, and the TSA plans to install about 1,000 more by the end of 2011.

But the debate about these full body scanners continues to grow.  In fact, some travelers are getting downright angry.  Just consider the following quote from a recent (Read More....)

]]> All over the United States, new high-tech full body scanners are being installed at airports, and we are told that this is for our own good.  Apparently it is in the interest of national security that we all be subjected to what amounts to "virtual strip searches" before we get on an airplane.  But are these full body scanners actually going to make us safer?  Are they actually needed for our personal security?  Or are they just dehumanizing us and blasting us with needless amounts of dangerous radiation?  Well, the debate continues to rage on but the Transportation Security Administration continues to install them anyway.  At this point the TSA has spent more than $80 million for about 500 full body scanners.  133 have already been installed at U.S. airports, and the TSA plans to install about 1,000 more by the end of 2011.

But the debate about these full body scanners continues to grow.  In fact, some travelers are getting downright angry.  Just consider the following quote from a recent (Read More....)

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