TSA's new body scanner? What do you think?

[Bateluer]

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/13945196/tsa-to-test-new-body-scanning-system-in-las-vegas

Now new software being tested at McCarran could put privacy issues to rest. The new software makes the whole body scanning process a lot less intrusive. Once a passenger walks through this scanner, an image pops up on the monitor of a generic body, only showing potential trouble areas.

"The image is the same for everyone, so it wouldn't be intrusive at all. People would be able to walk through, look at the image and it doesn't look like them, it looks like everyone else," said Dwayne Baird with the TSA.

If a yellow patch shows up on your body scan, you are taken for a secondary screening of that specific area. The process is called targeted pat downs.

Because the body images are so generic, TSA agents will also be able to monitor the scans right next to the machines as opposed to a remote area.

"The image is then immediately cleared and the next person comes into the machine for the next scan," said Baird. "There's no ability for this machine to save or retain the image whatsoever."

Sounds better than the previous versions. I'd refuse to fly under the current(old) body scanners, but this sounds a bit better. Still the concern with the health effects though.

 

[CycloWizard]

It's still not an effective countermeasure. If anything, this necessarily decreases the efficacy, which was dubious to begin with.

 

[Brigandier]

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/13945196/tsa-to-test-new-body-scanning-system-in-las-vegas



Sounds better than the previous versions. I'd refuse to fly under the current(old) body scanners, but this sounds a bit better. Still the concern with the health effects though.

Hmmm, didn't help the NCR in Fallout: New Vegas. I'd rather have measures that "stressed" people get searched, then it'd teach people to relax.

 

[JSt0rm]

 

[irishScott]

I'm not a frequent flier so I'm not that concerned about the health effects. I'd be willing to accept these updated scanners.

Glad to see the outcry at least had some effect.

 

[irishScott]

It's still not an effective countermeasure. If anything, this necessarily decreases the efficacy, which was dubious to begin with.

Of course not. It'll be interesting to see what happens when a terrorist decides to blow himself up at a security checkpoint.

 

[Brigandier]

Of course not. It'll be interesting to see what happens when a terrorist decides to blow himself up at a security checkpoint.

The checkpoint gets moved outside the airport?

 

[irishScott]

The checkpoint gets moved outside the airport?

How will that help? I assume there will still be lines of people and at least several TSA agents per checkpoint. Not to mention weather then becomes an issue.

I suppose you could funnel people through a bomb-proof room one at a time, but the cost of renovating every airport with said rooms would pe prohibitive. Not that it'll stop the government from doing it.

 

[iGas]

I'm sure that the terrorists would find another way to disrupt the lives of American if needed be.

Why bring knives on into airport, when they or American citizen can do the below with a truck bomb?

 

[Brigandier]

How will that help? I assume there will still be lines of people and at least several TSA agents per checkpoint. Not to mention weather then becomes an issue.

I suppose you could funnel people through a bomb-proof room one at a time, but the cost of renovating every airport with said rooms would pe prohibitive. Not that it'll stop the government from doing it.

At least we wouldn't have violence in the airports. How would it work? I don't know, like anything else works nowadays, throw money at it until it is forgotten.

 

[fed3r2198]

"The image is then immediately cleared and the next person comes into the machine for the next scan," said Baird. "There's no ability for this machine to save or retain the image whatsoever."

They said the same thing about the last ones which turned out to be a lie.

 

[Zargon]

They said the same thing about the last ones which turned out to be a lie.

this.

At least we wouldn't have violence in the airports. How would it work? I don't know, like anything else works nowadays, throw money at it until it is forgotten.

so out front is better? violence is violence no matter where it happens. rights are violated no matter if its in the airport or out front.

 

[Bateluer]

I'm sure that the terrorists would find another way to disrupt the lives of American if needed be.

Why bring knives on into airport, when they or American citizen can do the below with a truck bomb?

This is a good point. Why bother to smuggle piddly crap onto a plane when you can load a common sedan with various explosive compounds and drive past a school when it lets out for the day? Or any other population center, for that matter?

 

[PokerGuy]

I find this a LOT more acceptable than the current ones. The health issues are not a concern for anyone not frequently traveling.

 

[rcpratt]

Sounds like it might just be useless now.

 

[drebo]

I'm much more comfortable with this type of scanner. However, I'd rather see it pop up no image at all if there is no further cause for concern.

This is a reasonable progression for the traditional metal detector. What is currently being used is not.

And I still don't agree with "enhanced patdowns".

Oh, and they're still useless.