[119205] in Cypherpunks
Re: who gets singled out; x-ray vision
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Roach)
Tue Oct 19 16:32:09 1999
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:02:29 -0500
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From: Sean Roach <roach_s@mail.intplsrv.net>
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At 04:47 PM 10/19/99 +0200, Anonymous wrote:
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>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/lo/st/ca/
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>Customs Unveils Body Search Machine - (LOS ANGELES) --
>U-S Customs officials have unveiled a new body search machine at Los
> Angeles International Airport. They promise it will root out
>contraband without subjecting travelers to a personal search.
>Commissioner Robert Kelly says the X-Ray-like body scanner is
>supposed to make searches less invasive. A person stands against a
>wall while the machine takes a picture that reveals what he or she
>may be concealing.
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>Agents must still use their training to determine who should be
>singled out.
Sounds like something the gun mags have been yelling about.
Something about making concealed carry, even with permit, more
troublesome as the cop across the street can see the gun and then has
to ask for the permit.
What I read about the device I'm describing, from an old popular
science, is a hand held device, looking like a camcorder. It picks
up the natural e-m transmissions of the human body, which things like
guns block, creating a silouette. I'm not fully convinced that I got
the whole details as to how it works.
But this looks like a bulky videocamera. I don't know what an x-ray
scanner looks like.
Sean Roach
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