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No proof of safety
06.01.2010 22:03
There is currently no proof that these body scanners are safe for adults, children or pregnant women.
They are illegal to use on children as they would create "indecent images".
Refuse to be scanned!
scientist
refuse to use 'em
06.01.2010 22:25
Not that I fly anywhere, but supposing I have to, I will be phoning the airport security management beforehand and telling them I will not use a body scanner on grounds of indecency and they will have to make alternative arrangements, if they feel they need to.
They will. A little assertion works wonders, and it's wonderfully empowering.
I would also be making it patently bleeding obvious that I'm not a 'terrorist'. Such a person would want to be completely inconspicuous.
Annie Citizen
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The Easiest way to fool the scanner
07.01.2010 03:16
This circumvention of the scanner might well be impractical - and we all might hope that it is. The point being made is that the scanner does not offer an absolute and effective solution. They offer the false perception of effectiveness which makes the entire system a good deal more dangerous as, it will be reasoned, "nobody can smuggle X on board". This raises the hazardousness of every flight.
Yes there are considerable, important, ethical grounds for rejection of this idea - but there are also practical limitations to what scanners can achieve. Those limitations are nowhere near the limitations of human ingenuity.
A Scientist
start petitition elsewhere
07.01.2010 11:56
on top of that, to be included on the petition, the website must send you a confirmation email, where you click on a link
since they are not sending the confirmation emails doesn't seem likely the petition will allow in many signatories
vghv,
The truth is out there
08.01.2010 09:22
See wikipedia=terahertz waves.
Old Holborn