The naked truth about scanners

The naked truth about scanners

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Most people, however, accept it as just another agony associated with flying (along with fees to check baggage and crowded luggage bins).

And, after all, the machines are worth it because they detect explosives.

Except they don’t. As it turns out, the machines don’t detect explosives at all. They detect images on your body that shouldn’t belong on your body

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I posted this for one main reason.
The body scanners do not detect explosives, the look for things that should not be part of a persons body.
Ok so that's how they work, now knowing how they work can most any one with an inquisitive mind start contemplating ways to fool the scanners? That is kind of how I am looking at it.

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Originally posted by RedGolem


I posted this for one main reason.
The body scanners do not detect explosives, the look for things that should not be part of a persons body.
Ok so that's how they work, now knowing how they work can most any one with an inquisitive mind start contemplating ways to fool the scanners? That is kind of how I am looking at it.

www.politico.com
(visit the link for the full news article)

Yes we know just add it to the list

-the fed reserve not what we think it is

- the flouride - is not just for teeth

- aspertame - not for diets

obama - what change ?

the fda doesnt really care

tax payers robbed trillions


blah blah its just another day of being a taxed live stock working for our masters who constantly lie and minipulate us all for more power and control .

just stfu and get back to work and serve ur master

dont ask so many questions =p

New Research Shows How Easy It Is To Get Weapons Or Explosives Past Backscatter X-Rays by Mike Masnick We've heard the various stories of folks getting weapons past the TSA's new scanners -- such as Adam Savage's famous video from earlier this year, or the more recent report of a guy getting past the scanners with a 6" hunting knife. Both of those stories appeared to just be about the bag scanners missing stuff on the conveyor belt. But what about the new backscanner x-ray machines? Well, Jay points us to some new research by two UCSF professors that indicates getting dangerous weapons or explosives past the new machines isn't that hard. They look at how the machines work and the various images currently out there, as well as their understanding of x-ray technology, and point out that since the x-rays need to pass through your body, if you flattened out some plastic explosives, they probably won't be noticed, or if you just put the weapon on your side the new machines probably won't spot them: It is very likely that a large (15–20 cm in diameter), irregularly-shaped, cm-thick pancake with beveled edges, taped to the abdomen, would be invisible to this technology, ironically, because of its large volume, since it is easily confused with normal anatomy. Thus, a third of a kilo of PETN, easily picked up in a competent pat down, would be missed by backscatter "high technology". Forty grams of PETN, a purportedly dangerous amount, would fit in a 1.25 mm-thick pancake of the dimensions simulated here and be virtually invisible. Packed in a compact mode, say, a 1 cm×4 cm×5 cm brick, it would be detected. The images are very sensitive to the presence of large pieces of high Z material, e. g., iron, but unless the spatial resolution is good, thin wires will be missed because of partial volume effects. It is also easy to see that an object such as a wire or a boxcutter blade, taped to the side of the body, or even a small gun in the same location, will be invisible. While there are technical means to mildly increase the conspicuity of a thick object in air, they are ineffective for thin objects such as blades when they are aligned close to the beam direction.

Feeling safer? Once again, this isn't to say that there shouldn't be a security screening process, but if we have to go through all this trouble, shouldn't we at least have a system that is at least somewhat effective?

Just another attempt and success on infringing on the rights of the public. There have been numerous articles that refute the alleged " technological " advances of this back scatter machines.

Originally posted by seedofchucky
Yes we know just add it to the list

You forgot "Free thinking is a mental illness"

but all is not lost... seems they have a cure