TSA Finishes Removing "Virtual Nude" X-Ray Devices From US Airports

Posted by timothy on Friday May 31, 2013 @11:53AM from the now-that-you're-fully-desensitized dept.

dsinc writes "The Transportation Security Administration announced it has finished removing from all airports the X-ray technology that produced graphic and controversial images of passengers passing through security screening checkpoints. The machines, which the TSA first deployed in 2008, provoked public outrage as the technology, better able than traditional X-rays to detect hidden contraband, also created images that appeared as if they were 'virtual nudes.' Critics called this an invasion of privacy and questioned whether the scanning devices truly lacked the ability to save the images, as the TSA claimed."

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Re:All part of the plan by Rob+the+Bold · 2013-05-31 12:25 · Score: 5, Funny

If only they didn't detect "latest explosives" -- that would be understandable. It had been demonstrated many times that they don't detect shit.
To be fair, detecting shit wouldn't really help, what with everyone being -- literally -- full of it.

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Re:Analog hole by g0bshiTe · 2013-06-01 03:13 · Score: 3, Funny

Analog hole
Why oh why do you have to bring goatse into this?

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