Tag: Full body scanner

Why you do not need to be irradiated by airport security

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science, Security Privacy

For those about to opt-out: a TSA scanning machine cheat-sheet Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net As Cory notes in this pre-Thanksgiving trav­el day post, some trav­el­ers in Amer­i­ca will be opt­ing out of scan­ning machines in TSA lines for pri­va­cy con­cerns, or for health and safe­ty rea­sons. I want­ed to post a reminder, how­ev­er, tha… RT @xeni: … Continue reading Why you do not need to be irradiated by airport security

TSA Taking Controversial X-Ray Scanners Out

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science, Security Privacy

TSA Taking Controversial X-Ray Scanners Out Of Big Airports And Shipping Them Off To Smaller Ones Chris Morran, consumerist.com Image from a backscat­ter machine Accord­ing to reports, the TSA is remov­ing backscat­ter full-body scan­ners, which use very small amounts of ion­iz­ing radi­a­tion, from major air­ports and replac­ing them with less-controversial mil­lime­ter… http://flpbd.it/CHJnN Related articles TSA … Continue reading TSA Taking Controversial X-Ray Scanners Out