Scanners ... 'strip naked' passengers at the airport

It is a controversial topic in the United States in the context of the country's Reagon national airport is preparing to use a new type of security inspection machine, allowing to see through clothes to see all. what's inside, whether it's a small knife that is close to your legs or explosives, is hidden in the most sophisticated places. The scanner also exposes the entire passenger body in front of the security officer.

Passengers will have to enter a glass chamber and 3-dimensional images of their bodies will be sent to the computer screen, where security personnel can clearly see all the weapons hidden inside as well as lines. on their bodies, it was like they were not wearing clothes.

For privacy protection reasons, security personnel who watch the screen will sit away from the scanner to prevent real people from being compared to the screen image. If there is a problem, they will contact a colleague who works at the scanner. In addition, the faces of all passengers will be blurred, making the viewer unrecognizable. All of these images will be deleted immediately from the computer, unable to be stored after the 'over' passenger has received this security check.

(Source: airport-technology)

The information above makes many people 'allergic', because obviously no one is comfortable with being ' inserted ' into a body like this. However, many people agree after the horrific terrorist attacks in the United States, such as 11.9, in which, if terrorists cannot carry weapons on the plane, there will not be so many unjust deaths.

According to New Channel 8, each of these scanners costs about $ 170,000. It is expected that about 600 will be put into use at airports throughout major US cities this year.