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As the privacy controversy around full-body security scans begins to simmer, it’s worth noting that courthouses and airport security checkpoints aren’t the only places where backscatter x-ray vision is being deployed. The same technology, capable of seeing through clothes and walls, has also been rolling out on U.S. streets.
Originally posted by aboxoftrix
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I wonder if law abiding gun owners with concealed permits will be stopped on the streets by homeland security and interrogated?
The article doesn't mention that.
What concerns me is being exposed unknowingly to x-ray radiation, and what that can do to my health. The article says the radiation is minimal with hardly any effect on the person, and it's just like receiving the same amount of radiation you would get for flying in an air plane for 15 mins, but it doesn't say how long you have to be exposed by one of these vans before that 15 mins air time is up. So i suppose if you are at a stopped on a street corner talking to a friend and the van is stopped next to you for a lengthy amount of time, the amount of radiation would go up. It's a scary thought. Not only that but I feel it's an invasion of privacy.
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