Scary: NYPD to deploy device to see under your clothes...

Hmm...

Via Daily News:

Get ready for scan-and-frisk.

The NYPD will soon deploy new technology allowing police to detect guns carried by criminals without using the typical pat-down procedure, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday.

The department just received a machine that reads terahertz — the natural energy emitted by people and inanimate objects — and allows police to view concealed weapons from a distance.

 

 

The Video TSA Never Wants You to See

The images TSA show as demonstrations of millimeter body scans are inverted. If you invert them again, you get graphic nude images. Calling these images a virtual strip search doesn't do them justice. The difference visually between the virtual strip search and an actual strip search are negligible. The video below inverts some of the images that have been released. You are going to be shocked.

Warning: Do not play this video if graphic female nudity will offend you.


Remember, these are low resolution images. TSA screeners will have access to higher resolution images. The manufacturers admit the scanners are accurate enough to show intimate piercings and other genitalia features.

“Beyond that, they show intimate piercings, catheters and the form of breasts and penises.

Those features could be blocked out, but that isn't going to happen because it would affect detection capabilities..

Cheryl Johnson, general manager of the Office of Transport Security, said:' It will show the private parts of people, but what we've decided is that we're not going to blur those out, because it severely limits the detection capabilities. '

Would you submit your wife and children to this?

This Didn't Take long: Naked Body Scanner Images Of Film Star Printed, Circulated

Critics warned of privacy concerns with the new naked body scanners. The TSA has been caught lying about the capabilities of these new imaging machines. Great Britain has started requiring selected passengers to submit to the new virtual strip search. Everyone was assured their privacy would be protected, but an Indian film star's privacy was compromised by the use of these new scanners in less than a week.

“I was in London recently going through the airport and these new machines have come up, the body scans. You’ve got to see them. It makes you embarrassed – if you’re not well endowed,” said Khan, referring to how the scans produce clear images of a person’s genitals.

If your privacy isn't violated by these new devices, you may die of cancer due to the increase in radiation exposure.

TSA Caught Lying About Nude Scanners

As you can see from the above low resolution picture, the new TSA scanners are very revealing. We have to wonder what the highest resolution image these devices could produce would look like. This question has been left unanswered over at the TSA blog.

Anonymous said...

"Two simple questions Bob. Come on, how hard can it be?"

Clearly, at least as hard as asking whether the virtual strip-search images posted on this blog and in airports are of the same size and resolution seen by the operator of the machine, since Bob consistently refuses to answer that question.

One of the privacy promises TSA made about the new scanners is they can not store, save or print images. Here is a screen shot of this promise from the TSA website.


Now, we know TSA is lying about this ability. They required it from the manufacturer.

CNN reported:

Washington (CNN) -- A privacy group says the Transportation Security Administration is misleading the public with claims that full-body scanners at airports cannot store or send their graphic images.

The TSA specified in 2008 documents that the machines must have image storage and sending abilities, the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said.

I really love the claim these machines will blur the face. That makes everything OK. Reportedly, the face blurring is a user defined option. That sounds like it can be turned off anytime they choose. If obstructing the face is enough privacy for travelers, we should all show up at airports naked wearing paper bags with eye holes on our heads. We can change into our clothes after passing security. That would really speed things up.

New Hi-Tech Scanners Would Not Have Detected the Underpants Bomber

Many are advocating the new "millimetre-wave" body scanners as the ultimate preventive measure to stop attacks such as the one attempted by the underpants bomber. These scanners use waves to create a three-dimensional virtual naked image of passengers. They have been opposed by some due to privacy concerns. A British expert who helped develop the scanners for airport use claims they wouldn't have detected this type of device anyway. Think about it for a minute. If the devices don't see clothing, they don't see low density objects such as powders and chemicals. They are designed for higher density objects such as metal knives, guns and dense plastic such as C4 explosive. This leaves us with a couple options. We can show up at the airport wearing hospital gowns and prepared for a body cavity search or we can start profiling passengers like the Israelis do. The Israelis haven't had a successful airline attack in decades, but they do profile and conduct extensive interviews of some passengers.

The Independent reported:

Since the attack was foiled, body-scanners, using "millimetre-wave" technology and revealing a naked image of a passenger, have been touted as a solution to the problem of detecting explosive devices that are not picked up by traditional metal detectors – such as those containing liquids, chemicals or plastic explosive.

But Ben Wallace, the Conservative MP, who was formerly involved in a project by a leading British defence research firm to develop the scanners for airport use, said trials had shown that such low-density materials went undetected.

Tests by scientists in the team at Qinetiq...