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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 7:31 pm
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Bungnoid
 
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Originally Posted by TheGolfWidow
What sort of problem is going to be presented when someone decides to produce clothing that projects an image that looks identical to a clean scan, regardless of what is beneath the clothing?
Well, unless the clothing conformed to one's contours--all of them--so closely as to be like a second skin, then how could it simulate a "clean scan"? To do that presumably would require an image showing ALL of the normal human anatomy in its detail--whether for inspection by the TSO in the case of backscatter, or by the ATR algorithm in the case of MMW.

Your question raises an interesting philosophical point: would it be less objectionable to be viewed pseudo-naked, with some sort of artificial genitalia, buttocks, breasts, etc. (rubberized into the clothing?) compared with letting the scanner see the real stuff?

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