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'Naked' scanners fooled by creased clothing
Published: 16 Nov 10 12:18 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20101116-31209.html
Controversial "naked" body scanners currently being tested at Hamburg's airport are constantly malfunctioning due to folds in passengers' clothing, broadcaster NDR reported on Tuesday.
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The scanners use millimetre-wave technology to produce outline images of bodies, with each scan lasting less than three seconds.
While some passengers are being asked to remove thicker clothes such as jumpers, NDR reported that the devices are regularly malfunctioning due to creases in lighter clothes such as blouses and skirts.
Although use of the scanners remains optional, every passenger must now also be patted down and pass through a metal detector, whether or not they have been scanned.
The extra security checks are causing delays, resulting in longer lines and irritated passengers.
New software due to be installed to solve at least part of the problem is not yet ready for use, NDR reported.
The scanners has previously been criticised by civil liberties campaigners the world over, mostly due to fears of how the images would be stored.
Plans to fast-track tests of the controversial body scanners were announced in January following the foiled “underwear bomb” attack in Detroit on Christmas Day 2009. The trial period is due to run until the end of March 2011.
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The clerks are doing it to detect intrusions by terrorists. EVERYONE knows that.
If you find it invasive, then don't fly commercial. People who want to fly commercial will put up with being scanned.
It isn't safe to fly unless everyone is checked.
Sounds like religion and the US republican party!
I always get those brusque matron patter-downers. :(
I find many Muslim people I have known to be interesting, charming and mostly friendly. But their religion has been used to further an agenda that most of the world is not in sympathy with. This religion insists that its tenets be observed on all levels by the rest of the world. It demands special treatment while decrying our Western Society's very existence. Yet, in 'fairness' we must all be subjected to these idiotic security procedures which are largely useless as the determined ones seem to get through them with little or no problem.
Until those worshipers of Islam take the responsibility of curtailing the bad behavior of their 'leaders', the entire group should be scrutinized until it is clear that Islam is no longer a threat to the world. If necessary, let them return to their countries of origin and practice it there.
"All Muslims Are Not Terrorists, But All The 911 Terrorists Were Muslim"
And in bad financial condition, it has been revealed. So if the chief motivator of their hatred is money and jealousy toward the West, what does that say about them and their 'religion'.
If you rely on Government to save you, say your goodbyes now.
People who say that there are other ways to hurt people AT AIRPORTS are talking about another kind of security. The scanners are about people ON PLANES.
It is invalid to declare something 'theatre' just because you switched the problem.
Fortunately, we don't need everyone's approval to do advanced passenger clearing. You need to scan the passengers (and baggage and employees) to make the flights safe. Stop arguing about that.
It is quite hard to separate PROFILING from PREJUDICE.
injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of one's rights; especially : detriment to one's legal rights or claims ...
WHERE IS THE INJURY OR DAMAGE?
I SEE NO PREJUDICE IN HAVING IDENTIFIED A GROUP THAT IS PRONE TO THE
VIOLENCE THE MUSLIM EXTREMISTS HAVE PERPETRATED ON THE WORLD OR THEIR FOLLOWER-SHEEP WHICH PERMIT IT.
AT SOME POINT A LITTLE DISCRIMINATION IS DUE AND JUST.
YOUR RIGHTS DO NOT EXTEND TO THREATENING LIFE, LIMB AND FREEDOM OF OTHERS.
GET A DICTIONARY.
On Dictionary.com, you would have to get to definition #4 before you come upon your definition. 1-3 fit much better:
1.an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
2. any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.
3. unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, esp. of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group.
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