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Freshman Representative Opposes "TSA Porn"
An anonymous reader writes "Not content to simply follow the 'anything to protect American lives' mantra, freshman Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) has introduced a bill to prohibit mandatory full body scans at airports. Chaffetz states, 'The images offer a disturbingly accurate view of a person's body underneath clothing ... Americans should not be required to expose their bodies in this manner in order to fly.' He goes on to note that the ACLU has expressed support for the bill. Maybe we don't need tin-foil sports coats to go with our tin-foil hats. For reference, the Daily Herald has a story featuring images from the millimeter wavelength imager, and we've talked about the scanners before."
Can he pass a bill that will force doctors to develop accurate technology to check my prostate health without violating the sanctity of my asshole?
Seriously, why should I be violated in terms of privacy and ass virginity just to be protected?
Every time I've seen them scanning osmeone its a hot chick with big boobs.... And all the guys are over looking at the screen... It's never Nanna or Billy Ray with his beer gut....
HDGary secures my bank
Well, it is "security theater" in that, their goal isn't "security". It is all part of the "war on drugs". You know when they scan your Drivers License all over with a UV light? It isn't so they can see the hologram watermarks... it is to check for cocaine residue. Do you know that arc you walk through that blows air at you to check for explosives? Yeah, it's checking for pot. You know why you can't have a container of liquid over 3 oz? Because their little x-ray device doesn't work so great on them, and they don't want you smuggling your drugs in your shampoo.
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
Right. Because no one can tell that you're vastly overweight if you're wearing clothes.
On your sig: do you actually have a proposal to safely remove the drive without unmounting it? Unless you really don't care about the drive at all (in which case you should turn off write caching), the volume has to be unmounted.
"And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the World"
1 John 4:14
You hopped skipped and jumped over Greenville/Spartanburg SC with that list!