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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed In Street-Roving
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Tue Aug 24 15:26:02 2010
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:14:24 -0700
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Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed In Street-Roving Vans
http://bit.ly/bgLqRm (Forbes)
And I might add, there's something really wrong with the technical
description that claims the "backscatter" x-rays used by these vans
only penetrate a person's clothes -- yet somehow they're able to see
through the plastic and/or metal surfaces of vehicles to the inside?
Say what?
--Lauren--
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