A while ago I posted about Millimeter wave scanners. Well, it seems the airline industry has seen fit to start piloting those scanners to increase security. Oh, and it gives folks an option for not getting a pat down.
It’s kind of like something out of a science fiction movie. Scanners that can see through clothes and detect hidden threats and weapons. Here’s how it works:
Of course, people are decrying privacy issues on this technology. Here’s what they do to safeguard that:
To ensure privacy, the passenger imaging technology being tested by TSA has zero storage capability and images will not be printed stored or transmitted. Once the transportation security officer has viewed the image and resolved anomalies, the image is erased from the screen permanently. The officer is unable to print, export, store or transmit the image.
In addition to not storing, printing or transmitting the image, the transportation security officer will be viewing the image on a stand-alone machine (vs. network) that is located in a remote area from the screening process. The image will not be visible to the public, and the viewing TSO will not be permitted to bring any camera into the viewing area. The transportation security officer attending to the passenger at the machine is unable to see the image being produced. Communications between the attending TSO and viewing TSO are accomplished by a red light/green light system.
Here’s a brief video on the systems:
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What if they stick something up their butt???
back to the drawing board