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Old Aug 12, 2011, 1:37 pm
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Originally Posted by studentff
I wonder if the 35% (false) alarm rate the Germans saw on the NoS is the same in the US. Of course TSA would never publish such numbers. Do about 35% of MMW victims get selected for a patdown?
No. I'm pretty sure the numbers are for the MMW with the addition of the ATR software. (there is no similar software for the BSX machines) This is the very same technology that TSA promises to be rolling out soon in response to privacy concerns. I can't imagine this going well.
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