Originally Posted by
BubbaLoop
I presume you are calling backscatters nude-o-scopes. I consider them AND MMW nude-o-scopes, because they generate nude images of your body (which is then interpreted by ATR, when present.
Personally, I opt out of both, because I donīt agree with the methodological approach, and it is pretty much all I can do to make it clear that it is not OK to do this to anyone at the checkpoint. I am also considering refusing to remove my shoes (since Iīm going to be groped anyway, might as well make a full statement).
It is not necessary for the ATR computer to generate an image and very likely does not. The analysis of the data can be done numerically. The image was only necessary for the human operator.
It is still an unreasonable search. Looking under ones clothes without a good reason is just wrong, even if it is done electronically.