Scanner-Proof Clothing
Apr 27, 2012 | 8:37 am
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Scanner-Proof Clothing
Think this through. If these clothes actually work, do you think they'll let you through? They're groping children, and the elderly without special clothing. A shirt is not going to save you.
Apr 27, 2012 | 1:44 pm
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EVERYONE SHOULD BE OPTING-OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 27, 2012 | 1:52 pm
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Regardless, neither is a good reason to voluntarily go through one of these machines, regardless of imaging technology.
Apr 27, 2012 | 2:21 pm
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Apr 27, 2012 | 5:49 pm
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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?
PS: Although I opt out, I completely respect the right of others to personally find the girl-grope (or guy-grope) more egregious than the noody scan.
PS: Although I opt out, I completely respect the right of others to personally find the girl-grope (or guy-grope) more egregious than the noody scan.
Apr 27, 2012 | 7:31 pm
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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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Apr 27, 2012 | 8:17 pm
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Apr 27, 2012 | 8:28 pm
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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 AIT 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?
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?
Apr 28, 2012 | 1:40 am
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Exactly. If everyone opted out there would be no use for the scanners I always find that when I opt out I have several other passengers join me. If everyone here opted out, and I do not assume you fly as much as I do, It would impact the system. To those who say that we impede the checkpoint? Well too bad. As an American, I find these security measures obscene. As an American I expect better. Truly, I feel that my country has betrayed me.
Apr 28, 2012 | 9:29 am
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A government that does this to its own people has declared war on them. They bypassed the normal public input phase of their strip search and groping programme because they knew we'd reject it and they were going to impose it anyway by sheer force. They continue with it knowing the extent and depth of rejection of it from those who have to travel by air. Government by force and violence, not by consent and representation.
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