Comments on: Are Digital Strip Searches Coming Soon To Every Airport Near You?

By: Jennifer Angela

Jennifer Angela — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:56:30 +0000

I think privacy matters more than a bit of a security show – as screening is not evidently secure. I think you would still find out much more the oldfashioned way.

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:00:59 +0000

I´d hate to know that the whole airport has the opportunity to look at my breasts! I never wanted to be a porn star! This is MUCH to private! I have my dignity and I don´t like the thought of somebody taking it away from me! That´s humiliating not only to me but to all women and men, who just like me never wanted to be exhibited naked in public – like an item!

By: Dave E.

Dave E. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:22:21 +0000

We have the technology, but what we really need is well trained people! People who can with a little, brief interrogation, spot and stop terrorists. The human tool is the most versatile.

By: Christina Viering

Christina Viering — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:49:07 +0000

Maybe scanning the pregnant woman will terminate a future suicide bomber.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:11:29 +0000

What about X-ray radiation, especially for people who travel often? What about pregnant women? And one day in future a suicide bomber will swallow a bomb, so this scanner won’t detect it either.

By: Susie

Susie — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:40:43 +0000

It is better to get laughed at anonymously than to be patted down, and then get laughed at for unusual or large body shapes.
It isn’t a civil liberties issue because flying is not a right unless you are a bird.
I would like the pictures kept until the flight lands successfully.
and Nick gave terrorists ideas when he thought of them smuggling fluids in breast implants–way to go Nick, like they don’t stay up nights thinking of tricks themselves.

By: Jobas

Jobas — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:49:16 +0000

Actually, Richard, the other thing we have to worry about is subcutaneous weapons systems that these scanners will be unable to detect; then we will need to bring in the invasive and deadly x-rays. Then of course there will be a new threat which will be met with mandatory sleep injections to all passengers.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:24:40 +0000

The use of millimeter (extremely short) waves ensures that the energy (waves) does not pass through the body. As a matter of fact, it does not penetrate very far if at all through the skin. It is not like you are getting x-rayed or anyhing and the power levels are very low for these machines. The only thing one may need to be concerned about is long term effects depending on the poser levels and I expect the answer will be no long term effects.

By: Zack

Zack — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:09:49 +0000

I don’t see this as a major civil liberty issue. Privacy, perhaps, but ultimately you’re only “naked” anonymously, to a total stranger who won’t be able to keep the picture or ever identify you. I think the safety question (due to radiation exposure, particularly for frequent travelers) is the bigger one.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:19:25 +0000

Have these digital scanners been tested for safety? In other words, can the waves or energy emitted cause any harm to the human body being scanned? Particularly to frequent fliers.