Tag: Full body scanner

Why you do not need to be irradiated by airport security

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science, Security & Privacy

For those about to opt-out: a TSA scanning machine cheat-sheet
Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net

As Cory notes in this pre-Thanksgiving trav­el day post, some trav­el­ers in Amer­i­ca will be opt­ing out of scan­ning machines in TSA lines for pri­va­cy con­cerns, or for health and safe­ty rea­sons. I want­ed to post a reminder, how­ev­er, tha…

RT @xeni: For those about to opt-out: Not all TSA “Full Body Scanners” are created equal. Cheatsheet to take with you to airport. http://flip.it/E49SU http://flip.it/Y0nBg

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TSA Taking Controversial X-Ray Scanners Out

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science, Security & Privacy

TSA Taking Controversial X-Ray Scanners Out Of Big Airports And Shipping Them Off To Smaller Ones
Chris Morran, consumerist.com

Image from a backscat­ter machine

Accord­ing to reports, the TSA is remov­ing backscat­ter full-body scan­ners, which use very small amounts of ion­iz­ing radi­a­tion, from major air­ports and replac­ing them with less-controversial mil­lime­ter…

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