Full body scanning device images of unsuspecting individuals were posted on the web Wed. The leak of the full body scanner pictures occurred after a United States of America Marshall in Florida saved and stored more than 35,000 of the pictures. The Transportation Security Administration has been trying to deflect criticism of Full body scanning by claiming the images are trashed immediately after use.
Public sees full body scanner images
The angry uproar over full body scanner images was turned up a notch when Gizmodo posted 100 full body scans on its site. All the photos were collected in a FL federal courthouse by a U.S. Marshall. The Freedom of Information Act allowed this request to go through. Gizmodo does point out the fact that the "millimeter wave scanner" that took the images didn't show anything revealing. The point had been more the pictures were saved which is more of a personal privacy issues that the Transportation Security Administration body scanners are threatening with.
Violating TSA body scanner rules
The full body scanner images taken by the “z-backscatter scanners” at airports more revealing than the low-res images. On its website, the Transportation Security Administration body scanner rules say its imaging technology “cannot store, print, transmit or save the image, and the image is automatically deleted from the system after it is cleared by the remotely located security officer.” If those operating the "porno scanners" as they are called aren't abiding by TSA rules then the full body images can obviously circulate, as outlined by Gizmodo.
Private images being shown
In 2007 the full body scanner imaging started with the TSA. Throughout the U.S., 68 airports have scanners. This is advanced z-backscatter imaging that travelers go via. Their naked bodies are shown as a result of an ionizing X-ray. The radiation exposure that comes from the machines is another major concern. So far the TSA has been impervious to those arguments. Gizmodo predicts that it is only a matter of time before z-backscatter images expose the private parts of private people on the internet.
Citations
Gizmodo
gizmodo.com/5690749/
PC World
pcworld.com/article/210878/xray_body_scanner_hubbub_the_naked_truth.html
Fox News
foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/16/leaked-images-body-scanners-hit-web/print
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