Originally Posted by
eturowski
And what's worse (watch the video) - it looks like this tunnel is also going to incorporate baggage scanning with passenger scanning - meaning that you are likely going to be exposed to the same dose of radiation as your carry-on bag. The dose required to penetrate a bag to allow sufficient visualization of the contents is certainly more than that required for a backscatter scan.
Exactly. And despite the disagreements over the safety of the body scanners, I don't think there is anyone out there who would suggest that it's safe to send a human through the x-ray machines in use at security stations.
There's also that nasty side effect that this effectively builds up a worldwide iris database of anyone who ever flies a plane. All in the name of safety, of course.
Sadly, the UK seems very eager to deploy this technology as soon as possible.