There's been lots of talk lately about body scanners — the new airport security tool that allows screeners to see through clothes. People are concerned about privacy, delayed flights, health effects.
Now there's another concern. What about kids? Do they have to go through this, too? And what are parents' rights?
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what is the solution?
Abolish the TSA.
That's not realistic. Not all airport security procedures are a waste of time.
Almost all the extra stuff piled on by TSA after 9.11 and the continued increase in crap we have to put up with is all a waste of time. So much so that TSA is more about wasting time more than it is preventing anything "bad" from happening.
Almost all the extra stuff piled on by TSA after 9.11 and the continued increase in crap we have to put up with is all a waste of time. So much so that TSA is more about wasting time more than it is preventing anything "bad" from happening.
I agree with you on the post 9/11 stuff. But still, you can't completely remove all security procedures, especially the systematic scanning of all checked and carry on baggage.
We weren't without security before. Sure you can tighten up some things as well, but what we've done with TSA has done little to nothing for our safety and everything for extending the time we're at the airport. There is nothing reasonable about the TSA, and seriously look at who they are hiring. These aren't trained security agents, they're just rubes off the street. We are no more safer with TSA than we are without it.
But there are very simple safeguards to prevent something like that from happening. The people viewing the photos aren't even in the same room as the people going through the scans, you could also have the HDD password protected, with only certain high ranking airport officials having the password. Also deleting said HDD at the end of each day helps. Yeah, it could happen, but it is not a big enough risk to not have them implemented because of this.
Exposed: Naked Body Scanner Images Of Film Star Printed, Circulated By Airport Staff
Filed under: Homeland Security by serpentwise — Leave a comment
February 10, 2010
Prison Planet.com
Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Claims on behalf of authorities that naked body scanner images are immediately destroyed after passengers pass through new x-ray backscatter devices have been proven fraudulent after it was revealed that naked images of Indian film star Shahrukh Khan were printed out and circulated by airport staff at Heathrow in London.
Within days of the devices being introduced at Heathrow, staff have abused their professionalism and printed out naked scans of a famous actor for their own titillation.
Tell me, what information isn't leaked out on the internet these days? It may be fear but it's legitimate fear for some. A USB drive and 3 minutes will get thousands perhaps hundreds of thousands of scans out on the internet. You know sooner or later it will happen - the interwebz = the wild wild west after all.
The TSA officer viewing the image cannot see the actual passenger. No cameras, cell phones or other devices capable of capturing an image are allowed in the room where the image is displayed
"There is no way for someone in the airport environment to put the machine into the test mode," the official said, adding that test mode can be enabled only in TSA test facilities.
Further, the TSA says, the machines are not networked and cannot be hacked.
Paul Joseph Watson is a well-known conspiracy theorist. Please link a more reliable source.
I didn't realize he is a conspiracy theorist, I appologize.
what is the solution?
Do you have a source that confirms this? It sounds like a bit of fear-mongering to me. A quick search seems to debunk that pretty easily.
The scanners only have the ability to transmit images when placed into a test mode for diagnostic purposes.
Your myth looks busted to me.
TSA_Ops_Requirements said:The capability to retain images at superuser level will be disabled on operational systems.
TSA_Ops_Requirements said:WBI shall (52) contain a RJ-45 interface for Ethernet interface connection and that interface shall (53) be 10/100 compatible.
The network interface(s) shall (55) be configurable with an IP address.
The Daily Tech said:Well, at least the scanners can't send or store images, said advocates. However, that turns out to be a false claim as well. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has received 2008 documents from the TSA which not only clearly state that the scanners could have such abilities, but they say that the scanners must have them.
Your myth looks busted to me.
Can a user put the machine in test mode if they knew how? The capabilities to record and store images are there. The networking capabilities are there. The access by "superusers" to over-ride the settings in the field allow recording of images and networking of those images. As well, the Operations document identifies that the "ports" are locked and accessible by supervisors. Therefore, if the field unit has a USB port - the capability to plug in a USB drive and record not only is physically and operationally viable - but not totally possible.
"There is no way for someone in the airport environment to put the machine into the test mode," the official said, adding that test mode can be enabled only in TSA test facilities.
I think its fair to wonder how quickly those opposed to the full body scans would demand peoples heads if a terrorist managed to get through and blow up a plane.
I get grown ups dying in plane crashes, but what about kids?
OK...thats probably not very clear...but listen...dead knows no age or race when it comes to terror acts. And I can promise you...if a terrorist is committed to blowing up a plane and knows that he or she can use his or her child to accomplish that mission (ala the terrorists in England that plotted to bring down a jetliner using things smuggled in baby bottles) and if they know that kids arent being fully security scanned...well...seriously...do you think concern over an x-rayed version of your childs junk trumps that reality?
And really...for the luvamike...what they hell are people so concerned about? If some fruitbag gets off on looking at an xray and we are so paranoid that on the off chance someone might see us underneath it all...seriously...who has the problem? We are entirely too self conscious about our bodies...
Thanks for the links.
The above quote makes it seem that most of the contingencies you're suggesting have already been addressed.
I'm not claiming to have fully researched the issue, but the anti-scanner crowd strikes me as a bit alarmist. There's a lot of "if" in their debate.
Sure the machine has data ports. How would it be programmed otherwise? The same could be said of the networking capabilities. Until the program is actually implemented, presence of a capability does not indicate it will be used in that capacity. All the features that have been described I can see having a legitimate use other than compromising the average Joe's privacy and access of these features can easily be limited with simple measures.
By the way, I have kids. I have no problem with scanners.
I think its fair to wonder how quickly those opposed to the full body scans would demand peoples heads if a terrorist managed to get through and blow up a plane.
The scanners only have the ability to transmit images when placed into a test mode for diagnostic purposes.
Do you have anything to add that isn't fearmongering?
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