Gizmodo has a story about the new TSA body scanners.
“Right now, you look something like this or this to the TSA's naked body scanners. But soon, you'll look more like a chalk outline, potential threats pinpointed on a generic sketch of a human form. No buns, just guns.
Starting today at Atlanta's Hartsfield, Las Vegas's McCarran and DC's Ronald Reagan airports, the TSA is testing new software for the body scanners that'll show a "generic outline" of the person being scanned—one that looks the same for every single passenger. If you're all kosher, a giant OK will appear on the monitor. If a "threat" is detected, it'll show up wherever it's located on the outline. Right now, the TSA is testing the new software on millimeter wave scanners, with plans to expand them to backscatter machines later. (Easy way to tell the difference: The hulking machines marked "Pro Vision" are millimeter wave scanners.)
While the TSA is pitching the new software as privacy-enhancing—no doubt, it no longer displays dongs—it's also more economical. Because the images no longer display passengers' individual naked bodies, there's no longer a separate screening room where a TSA agent evaluates the images. Which means they can put more people through the expedited scanning process. (I suspect this incentive is nearly as strong as the response to the public outcry about feeling exposed, since I've personally seen a TSA manager shut down a scanner line because it was taking too long to shove people through.)…”
Above is what the new display will look like.
Above is what the most detailed scans looked like if they were being used.
I am not sure what the right wing Republicans will scream and cry about now but I am sure they will find something that they don’t like and make it into a big deal.
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