German Police Say Body Scanners Are Useless
Sep 7, 2011, 8:36 am
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The use of the word "outline" to describe the images produced by the naked scanners has been from the beginning pure propaganda. Based on the few images that have been released, we can see that the L3 MMW system produces a three-dimensional IMAGE of the subject's body, typically rendered in a silvery metallic tone; the Rapiscan x-ray backscatter units produce front and back two-dimensional monochrome IMAGES of the subject's body (with some skeletal penetration in certain areas added in), that sort of resemble black-and-white photographic negatives. Describing either of these as "outlines" is completely disingenuous and misleading, and I wish that TSA and the media had been challenged on this.
Sep 7, 2011, 9:10 am
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This scanner TV show test has been around for a while. I'm not sure where the English translation version is, but just by watching it is obvious that these things are an expensive j
ke. The scan starts at about 45 seconds in ... shortly thereafter what was concealed (and missed) is revealed ... and then demonstrated (at ab
ut 6:45).
ke. The scan starts at about 45 seconds in ... shortly thereafter what was concealed (and missed) is revealed ... and then demonstrated (at abut 6:45).