The 300dpi is meaningless to the discussion; all it affects is the size of the image when printed on paper. I can open the file in Photoshop and change it to 1million dpi without changing anything else.

The file as shown probably reflects around 0.1 inches per pixel (10 pixels per physical inch; a ballpark estimate) of resolution. For all I know the actual resolution could be higher. However, the JPEG compression has clearly obfuscated many details. If the actual machines display this image (with the JPEG artifacts), then then machines' designers are clearly inept.

(This is not a commentary on the machines, but I do find them disgusting, both as a waste of taxpayer $, and because they are far too intrusive.)

The biggest proof that the images are revealing is that passengers are not allowed to see their own images or the person analyzing them.

OP, I know that you are busy starting new threads, but in case you were not aware there are at least two threads with posters asking you to return to answer a question and/or clarify your post. I believe that we would appreciate it if you could continue the conversation which you began on those threads.

Thank you.

And interesting new thread, by the way.

They're definitely using some sort of RAW format, then converting to a low-resolution, smaller sized JPG which they then enlarged to put on their website.

The idea that a 150,000$ real-time strip search machine would have a maximum resolution less than that of a 100$ digital camera mass produced ten years ago is insane.

You all will note that he mentioned nothing about deleting the image, just moving on to the next one.

Your statement above proves the futility of using the AIT since the "new" pat down is required after imaging anyway. You will say that not everyone has to be patted down after AIT, but experience is showing this not to be the case.

There is absolutely no excuse for us to be viewed virtually naked and then groped within an inch of our lives. It is laughable and the terroists are having a celebration because they have accomplished their goal.

If DHS took the AIT money and spent it on quality employees, speedy and complete background checks, and high-level education training of same, we all would be flying safer and without animosity.

I am fortunate to have a personal friendshup with one of my Congress Critters and we have open dialogue on the TSA security theatre. Every time I run into something offensive I add it to the file and let them know. I have hopes that persistence will pay off. Thanks to the flyers our FT group has provided, I will be passing them out to over 500 meeting planners at a conference in November, who will then let their clients know. Reach who you can when you can.

I am also fortunate that my CEO sides with me on AIT so if I get the "do you want to fly today" attitude, I may not make the trip. I have started buying the refundable tickets

Exactly how long have you been working with WBI Strip Search Machines and in what capacity?

I volunteered over on the TSA Blog some months ago to do just that. Be screened with WBI and report exactly what I saw, good or bad.

No one from TSA made an attempt to contact me and accept my offer.

TSA does not want the public to know what the real images look like.

As discussed in another thread Blogger Bob at one time claimed the images released by TSA were exactly what screeners saw then later said he never made that claim.

TSA has been dishonest from day one with information about WBI Strip Search Machines and any discussion of WBI from anyone associated with TSA cannot be accepted as truth.

Hey eyecue when are you going to give up?

Your continued postings here are not going to sway us to your point of view.

The people who post on here are smarter than your average Kettle traveler and we know what is wrong and right with the current state of affairs because we travel ALL THE TIME.

Something that I'm sure you don't do.

We have experiences from around the country and globe.



Now......with that being said........

Come over and lay on my x-ray table. I have an mAs & KV that I'd like to set on the equipment and aim the beam right at your groin.

Then I'm going to take that picture and post it all over the internet as proof that even my ionizing radiation can show the world what your penis looks like.

@:-)

So is this an admission that most probably with the WBI, the Christmas Day bomber's "package" would have gone undetected?

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I have it from very reliable sources that the resolution of the L3 MMW scanner is about 10X better than the published image, and the artifacts are pretty much gone. TSA will not allow L3 to publish a higher resolution image, as they have an agenda, primary of which is not to scare the kettles.
All cases where the press and others are allowed in the resolution room are simulations, specifically designed for the press and the kettles.
My guy says "you would be shocked by the current state of the art". The images you see are 5-7 years old, and after more than 50 software and hardware upgrades, and $10M in R&D, they approach the Rapiscan in resolution (about 0.1mm).
The Rapiscan resolution and image processing has also improved, but not as fast as the L3. Of course TSA is hiding the images, but some will leak eventually, and that will create quite a furor. ^

I can guarantee you the images are at a minimum 10x what the public is seeing....

and that is all i will say.

When i read this thread and all other threads, including mine.

I cant help about thinking about my dear grandfather. Born and raised in Sweden. He was born 1883.
He told me a lot of times how the naked skin was viewed in the 1800 and 1900. It was a time when if you even saw a toe it was very special.
That was his words to me when a I was a young teenager and asked him about his youth.
Now when I hear all this TSA and other security people talking it is scary. They say it is just an image and nobdy knows it is you. Maybe not. But the TSA standing outside the "box" knows it. All other people around me knows it. Plus the person who is viewing knows that there is a tiny lady in there. All that is enough for me. So little respect for the human body and privacy.
Sure science goes foward all the time. But should morals and self respect just vanish with it.
That kind of science I can and will be without.
If it means that I have to stop flying I will.

let me ask you, how much x-ray or radiological training have you received?

how about one of you clowns saying "oh that didn't work, we have to do you again?"

Will you be issuing dosimeters?

That is BS. The whole post is BS.