Originally Posted by
GUWonder
My facts are straight.
Radiation is radiation of the same sort in this case and show more than airport security needs to see anywhere.
And if someone is stupid enough to ingest explosives or is willing to attach pouches of liquid nitro in select containers along their clothing lines does the "filter" on the backscatter X-ray even "help"? No. Even without the "filter", these peddled goods are a waste and will do little more than result in lots of embarassing false alarms.
And, assuming that one knew about the technology, they could put on a "fat suit" and smuggle god knows what into the airport. Actually I see the B/S Xray as a security risk.