Naked airport scanner

Skully · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:48

Just like Total Recall.

YOU BLEW MY COVER

metamorphpwner · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:50

shifty_uk said:
It leaves the possibility of staff abusing their position?

it does, but that could be said for any profesion that works with children.
doctors and as we've seen a lot, teachers.

Totality · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:50

[TW]Fox;15082468 said:
I'm really not sure what the problem is, even with kids.

Everyone has genitals. Who cares?

I agree with fox for a change :eek:

knowledge123 · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:51

mame said:
I bet the terrorists will say it's against their religion to be veiwed in this way and allowed to bypass it.

Then everyone should go through, no ifs, buts or maybes.

Indy500 · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:51

slylittlefox said:
Eh? Fox wasn't arguing against having security measures.

He was implying that he supports them, I asked why they are necessary at all if its "no big deal". Surely its no big deal to keep the existing arrangements?

LeJosh · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:51

shifty_uk said:
It leaves the possibility of staff abusing their position?

No matter how tight security and laws are a human will eventually abuse their position. Until robots become the norm.

Unless we go all 1984 on everybody.

[TW]Fox · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:51

shifty_uk said:
It leaves the possibility of staff abusing their position?

In what way? I doubt it to be honest. They wont be able to get the images off the machines so what exactly are they going to do?

Pointless paranoia.

Shall we ban strip searches for drug suspects as well? Staff could do even more abuse there. Lets also ban nurses.

[TW]Fox · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:52

sr4470 said:
He was implying that he supports them, I asked why they are necessary at all if its "no big deal". Surely its no big deal to keep the existing arrangements?

Security is a big deal. An unknown person in a room staring at a computer screen is not a big deal.

LeJosh · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:53

It feels like that film with stallone in it, demolition man? Where nobody has bodily contact in the future.

Edit - going by your comment Fox

Indy500 · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:53

[TW]Fox;15082552 said:
In what way? I doubt it to be honest. They wont be able to get the images off the machines so what exactly are they going to do?

Pointless paranoia.

Shall we ban strip searches for drug suspects as well? Staff could do even more abuse there. Lets also ban nurses.

I could say the same thing about all these "security measures". Pointless paranoia. Are we all sheep that need to be tagged and herded while travelling?

Totality · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:54

shifty_uk said:
It leaves the possibility of staff abusing their position?

Has everyone read the article before doing the normal Daily Mail thing of "Oh my god! The children! Outcry!"?

"The images are not erotic or pornographic and they cannot be stored or captured in any way," she said.

Passengers could refuse to be scanned, she added.

People can refuse to be scanned and the images can't be saved or printed off. I don't see an issue really! I'd just buy foil stickers saying "The legend is this way" with an arrow pointing down and watch the guy's face who is doing the scan

markweatherill · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:55

Presumably celebrities and VIPs of all kinds will want to be immune from this!

knowledge123 · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:56

sr4470 said:
Are we all sheep that need to be tagged and herded while travelling?

If it keeps us safe from harm whilst we travel, why not? We can't allow for us to have the lax security we have had in the past since 'terrorists' started attacking us.

metamorphpwner · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:56

markweatherill said:
Presumably celebrities and VIPs of all kinds will want to be immune from this!

probably, i don't think they'll want evenyone knowing about their tiny penis's ect.

Jono8 · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:56

So when does thsi job become available....?

seriously i don't care. it's only some wierd blue electronic "naked" image anyway.

L0rdMike · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:56

But You could take a picture of the screen with your camera phone!11!11

[TW]Fox · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:57

sr4470 said:
I could say the same thing about all these "security measures". Pointless paranoia. Are we all sheep that need to be tagged and herded while travelling?

Why do you have such a problem with it?

Indy500 · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:59

knowledge123 said:
If it keeps us safe from harm whilst we travel, why not? We can't allow for us to have the lax security we have had in the past since 'terrorists' started attacking us.

If a terrorist was determined to kill people, they can blow up the check-in queue or suchlike. How far do you take this? Barriers at every airport road with scanners and armed police? The fear is not being generated by any terrorists that I can see, the government\media are the entities shouting loudly about it.

[TW]Fox;15082599 said:
Why do you have such a problem with it?

I value privacy. That not good enough for you?

.Lethal · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:59

Totality said:
I'd just buy foil stickers saying "The legend is this way" with an arrow pointing down and watch the guy's face who is doing the scan

And then you notice as you go through the scanner that the new job your mother was on about was watching people go through this very machine :eek:

Cosimo · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:59

Safer travel and speedier security gets the thumbs up from me.