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Scary New Airport Scanner

Posted in Computers & Technology, News, Travel by Elliott Back on March 14th, 2005.

This is quite scary:

Qinetiq Scanner

The company that makes this, QinetiQ, actually looks underneath people’s clothes to seek out hidden weapons or suspicious materials. Scary, but cool too!

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4 Responses to 'Scary New Airport Scanner'

  1. Michele said:

    on March 15th, 2005 at 12:54 pm

    Very useful and very scary at the same time.

    If I was I girl I’d be very upset: imagine those security officers passing around photos of almost naked girls…

  2. Elliott Bäck said:

    on March 15th, 2005 at 8:05 pm

    It does seem to show off the surface flesh pretty well, as if it is tuned to penetrate fabric and little else. Still, I don’t know why security officers would be interested in grainy photos of airport women… except as voyeurs.

  3. Lisa said:

    on October 23rd, 2005 at 11:16 am

    You guys are soo f*ck*d up!!! Why would you even do that, perv’s…… hahaha frigen ****!!!!!

  4. David said:

    on May 30th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

    I am sorry but, I am a federal employee and I will NOT subject myself to this type of scan. It’s bad enough that people can swap photos online. Now we are all going to be virtually strip searched while trying to board a plane? Oh, and Elliott. I don’t know if you have seen these machines in action but, I have and they ONLY permiate through clothing, nothing else. The images that you are seeing in reports and in photos have been photoshopped. You can see EVERYTHING, male or female so, we should ALL be concerned about this one! Talk about a civil liberties issue!!!

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