What Do Airport Body Scanners Really See?
Sure, airport body scanners are looking for threats, but here’s what else these security devices might reveal in the process ...
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Researchers can easily fool former TSA X-ray scanners and sneak in dangerous weapons
This isn’t the first time someone managed to sneak by a weapon past a TSA Rapiscan full-body X-ray ... of a person’s body. The metal will appear in black on the scan, and it will blend in ...
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TSA agents can now force passengers to go through body scanners, even if they opt out
The image above is what (we’re told) a TSA agent sees after scanning your body. If even that makes you uncomfortable, you can still attempt to opt out in the future, but the “threat detection ...
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DIY TSA Backscatter Body Scanner
[Ben Krasnow] built his own version of the TSA’s body scanner. The device works by ... The disk is moved along the Y-axis to fill in the scan. On the disk assembly, there is a potentometer ...
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TSA body scanners may be more likely to trigger false alarms if you're black or overweight
According to a report published by ProPublica this week, the TSA's advanced imaging technology (AIT) body scanners are more likely to triggers false alarms for African American passengers.