Denials Aside, Feds Storing Body Scan Images

The new generation of body scanners employed at airports (and many other places) can record detailed, anatomically revealing pictures of each person scanned, which is one reason they've raised the hackles of privacy advocates as well as ordinary travelers. Now, AHuxley writes "The US Transportation Security Administration claimed last summer that 'scanned images cannot be stored or recorded.' It turns out that some police agencies are storing the controversial images. The US Marshals Service admitted that it had saved ~35,314 images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse. The images were stored on a Brijot Gen2 machine. The Electronic Privacy Information Center, an advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to grant an immediate injunction to stop the TSA's body scanning program."

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Electronic Privacy Information Center

[oodaloop]

The Electronic Privacy Information Center, an advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to grant an immediate injunction to stop the TSA's body scanning program.

And when that doesn't work, EPIC failed!

It's Obvious

[Anonymous Coward]

it had saved ~35,314 images recorded with a millimeter wave system

It's all the young, beautiful 16 to 19 1/2 year-old females who are all alone and need protection from the strong DHS.

Re:What Kind of Marker....

[Fast Thick Pants]

Silver paint pen should do. Remember not to write "the TSA, the" in German, because some people might misunderstand.

Re:What do these machines look like?

[wjousts]

Look for the sweaty pervert manning it.

As an aside, not impressed

[Necron69]

I had my first millimeter wave radar scan at the Denver airport when traveling last weekend. I thought it was rather interesting, but wasn't impressed by their insistence that I had something in my pockets, until I turned them inside out to show they were empty.

Necron69

Re:Pics or it didn't happen

[AnonymousClown]

Add in "If you do nothing wrong then you have nothing to worry about" and you have a new version of "Rock, Paper, Scissors".

Re:No Surprise at all

[AnonymousClown]

I was going to try to find some cites to prove you wrong and I went to Google and typed in "naked children pictures enjoying pornographic" and thinking better of it, closed the browser window.

Re:Of course they can

[commodore64_love]

+1 for you

I for one can't wait 'til we get this clown Bush and his Republicans out of office, and a new Democrat administration in place, so they can stop this spying stuff.