Personal Security » Body Scanners 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 A Blogger Tests The TSA’s Nude Body Scanners http://thepersonalsecurity.com/archives/a-blogger-tests-the-tsa%e2%80%99s-nude-body-scanners http://thepersonalsecurity.com/archives/a-blogger-tests-the-tsa%e2%80%99s-nude-body-scanners#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:31:11 +0000 Admin http://thepersonalsecurity.com/?p=524 The controversial nude body scanners, employed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at U.S. airports, have been further scrutinized by engineer-turned-blogger Jonathan Corbett. Corbett sued the TSA on the grounds that the x-ray machines violate his constitutional rights, and created a viral video on his blog, “TSA Out of Our Pants!” The video demonstrates how the nude body scanners are not only intrusions of our privacy, but are also ineffective. In the video, Corbett demonstrates how the scanning systems inefficiently detect smuggled explosives by sneaking a small metal case through not one, but two, of the TSA’s scanner stations. According to Corbett, the scanners reveal metal objects as black, on white body outlines. The backgrounds of the x-rays are also black, so if a smuggler carries a metal explosive on his/her side, the x-ray of the explosive will blend into the black background. “If you have a metallic object on your side, it will be the same color as the background,” Corbett said. “And therefore completely invisible to both visual (Read More....)

]]> The controversial nude body scanners, employed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at U.S. airports, have been further scrutinized by engineer-turned-blogger Jonathan Corbett. Corbett sued the TSA on the grounds that the x-ray machines violate his constitutional rights, and created a viral video on his blog, “TSA Out of Our Pants!” The video demonstrates how the nude body scanners are not only intrusions of our privacy, but are also ineffective. In the video, Corbett demonstrates how the scanning systems inefficiently detect smuggled explosives by sneaking a small metal case through not one, but two, of the TSA’s scanner stations. According to Corbett, the scanners reveal metal objects as black, on white body outlines. The backgrounds of the x-rays are also black, so if a smuggler carries a metal explosive on his/her side, the x-ray of the explosive will blend into the black background. “If you have a metallic object on your side, it will be the same color as the background,” Corbett said. “And therefore completely invisible to both visual (Read More....)

]]> http://thepersonalsecurity.com/archives/a-blogger-tests-the-tsa%e2%80%99s-nude-body-scanners/feed 0 New Airport Scanners Show Your Private Parts http://thepersonalsecurity.com/archives/scanners-show-your-private-parts http://thepersonalsecurity.com/archives/scanners-show-your-private-parts#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:31:28 +0000 Admin http://thepersonalsecurity.com/?p=94 BodyScannerBody ScannerNO, "The image is NOT GONE for ever" It is stored in a data bank profiling YOU!  The mark of the beast is coming.  The chip is coming.  The point of this website is to protect you from being harmed.  Every day another freedom is being taken away, and in a couple years, North America will be like Russia and China.  Have you noticed how many more "security protection measures" are being put into place all in the name of "fighting terrorism" since 911?  Oh no, it is not an accident 911 happened, it was deliberate, so many measures could be taken to take away personal freedoms.  Now, they have introduced body-scanning machines that show images of people underneath their clothing.  They are being installed in 10 of the nation’s busiest airports around the country.  Shock- they reveal YOUR intimate body parts.  AND, No, the image is NOT gone for ever, it shows how stupid the media really is, or how well they lie on air to fool the public. 

 
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]]> BodyScannerBody ScannerNO, "The image is NOT GONE for ever" It is stored in a data bank profiling YOU!  The mark of the beast is coming.  The chip is coming.  The point of this website is to protect you from being harmed.  Every day another freedom is being taken away, and in a couple years, North America will be like Russia and China.  Have you noticed how many more "security protection measures" are being put into place all in the name of "fighting terrorism" since 911?  Oh no, it is not an accident 911 happened, it was deliberate, so many measures could be taken to take away personal freedoms.  Now, they have introduced body-scanning machines that show images of people underneath their clothing.  They are being installed in 10 of the nation’s busiest airports around the country.  Shock- they reveal YOUR intimate body parts.  AND, No, the image is NOT gone for ever, it shows how stupid the media really is, or how well they lie on air to fool the public. 

 
CNN Propaganda On Airport Body Scanners (Read More....)

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