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Oct 21, 2010, 7:00 am

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Originally Posted by zeikka

At Metafilter they've named the devices as pornoscan:
http://www.metafilter.com/96855/Does-it-start-now

I agree that spreading that name can make these devices quite unpopular very quickly.

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Originally Posted by raehl311

Can we at least stick to reality here? They're not used to strip search anyone. Take naked photos of? Still not entirely accurate, but at least in the right neighborhood.

The WBI machines (AIT, NoS) generate images of the unclothed body. That's another way of saying "nekked pix."

I am interested in your reply to the term arising on Metafilter, "pornoscan."

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