Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
I think the images are indecent and I have not worn a t-shirt with the images on one. However I do think doing so is a legitimate form of protest.
TSA has in fact displayed an image that they claim is what the WBI operator sees. I still question that claim, in particular it is clear the size of the posted images are not the size the operator sees on the display. If the size is not correct then why should I think the resolution is correct?
We wear clothes when in public. Partially to protect us from the elements but also for reasons of modesty. An electronic strip search goes way beyond any administrative search and is invasive.
I would prefer to see WBI used only for secondary screening. However, if a person wishes to pick this form of screening I have no problem provided they are supplied with the information that details exactly what is being done, real full size images showing the result of MMW/Backscatter imaging and moving the operators console into view of the person being screened. It could be done in a manner that the operator does not have view of the person being screened or even as simple as one way glass. If a person refuses WBI then they should be no more subject to a pat down than a person who did not alarm a WTMD is.
WBI should never be used on minors and pat downs limited only to those cases that absolutely require it and then only to the extent to resolve an alarm.
TSA claims 98% acceptance of WBI screening yet seems unable (unwilling) to provide the source of these stats. If the information was really that favorable I see no reason to not release that information.
As the old saying goes figures don't lie but liars figure.
Something curious about the whole body imagers: as I have said I have not worked one, but when talking to others who haved, something came up. I am not a "computer" guy, yeah they are useful, great to get email and check movie times and I even buy stuff online, but that's the extent of it. So I have a question fir those who might know better.
When talking to some TSOs about image resolution, what you can see about the body on the whole body imager, the response I have gotten is that you can't see much, that it's hard to make things out. So, what how would using a low or mid quality monitor effect the POSSIBLE resolution of these machines? (I can tell you the monitors on our x-ray machines, except the AT x-rays, are sort of bad)
I asked one TSO specifically if you could see the private parts on the whole body imager, and his response was only if you looked really, really hard (sorry guys). Any ways just wondering.