Thursday, September 15, 2011

Naked Scanning Images to be Eliminated from Airport Security?

An update on the controversial airport imaging machines that expose passengers' nude bodies:

Pending legislation may make revealing anything other than a generic stick-like figure outline of the passenger being scanned illegal. If anything suspicious shows up during the scan, a red box will surround the area in which the item is disclosed, rather than providing the TSA agent full disclosure of the dis-clothed passenger.

msnbc reports: http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/14/7762175-naked-scanners-may-soon-be-on-the-way-out

For a report from a couple of months ago about new airline technology protecting passenger privacy, see this: http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/20/7120677-tsa-new-scanner-software-will-protect-passenger-privacy

Of course, the proposed amendment will have to be passed by both the House and Senate and signed into law by President Obama before these procedures are put into action.

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