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Backscatter X-Rays Coming to Airports

Posted by michael on from the nudie-celebrity-screen-captures dept.

TSMABob writes "Wired News reports that a recent, but expensive, technology of backscatter may grace airport security in the future. Nice Bombs Ya Got There is an article that explains how this technology is far superior to the metal detectors of today, pointing out that 'Richard Reid, convicted of trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic jetliner with explosives in his shoes, walked through metal detectors at Orly Airport in Paris several times before boarding the plane.' Read More about backscatter x-rays and their ability to pick up non-metallic objects."

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  1. unf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    unf

  2. dsadsada dsada by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    dsadasd dsada

  3. 5th post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    5th post?

  4. Could it be? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a fucking Microsoft conspiracy if I ever heard one.

    This has been a Microsoft Conspiracy Update.

  5. WTF? I submitted this yesterday... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why do the editors ignore AC all the time?

  6. In Soviet Russia... by mofochickamo · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Backscatter X-Rays blast you!

    Oh wait, they do that in the U.S. too.

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  7. cool last name - Richard Null by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ditto

  8. Re:you asked for it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bravo...

    Mods lighten up.

    AC