Airport Security Workers Might Get to See You Naked
Kyle Munzenrieder, Miami New Times: The measures taken to screen people at airports are getting a bit ridiculous. The government is already working on ways to determine whether you’re a terrorist based on scent alone, but in the meantime, they can just take a look at a computer image of your naked body. They don’t even take you to the airport bar and buy you drinks first. Larry Craig had more polite airport manners than this.
The New York Times ran a column about the TSA’s new full-body imaging machines currently in the testing phase at 19 airports across America, including Miami International. The machines use millimeter wave scanning technology to map out a rough image of a person’s naked body to make sure they have no contraband on their person. We’re not talking Playboy-quality images here, but the results can be embarrassing enough. Originally the machines were to be used only on highly suspect passengers, but the TSA has since begun to use them on regular passengers as well.
