Timeline for Can I go through security at US airports without being physically touched by an official?
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| Mar 13, 2017 at 20:43 | comment | added | reirab | @DanNeely Incidentally, many passengers also still just go through normal metal detectors instead of the body scanners, particularly those who have TSA PreCheck. | |
| Mar 13, 2017 at 20:42 | comment | added | reirab | @DanNeely The mm wave technology was a competing technology with the backscatter-based scanners. Many (most?) airports had the mm wave-based scanners from the beginning. Both types produce "near naked" images natively. As Johns said, L3 developed the software to automate detection and highlight an area to be physically searched rather than actually showing the near-naked image to the operator. When RapidScan couldn't meet the requirement, the backscatter installations were replaced. Generally, this is kind of a good thing, since frequent exposure to x-rays isn't great. | |
| Mar 13, 2017 at 18:54 | comment | added | DTRT | @DanNeely Yes. L3 developed the stick figure method first then "convinced" members of Congress that should be a required privacy feature. RapidScan was caught very off guard and could not meet the new requirement. They basically got out-lobbied. The x-ray factor didn't help either. Neither machine is particularly effective, L3 just had more...influence;)...to share. | |
| Mar 13, 2017 at 18:46 | comment | added | Dan Is Fiddling By Firelight | @Johns-305 so to 'fix' the privacy problem with the old machines, they replaced them entirely rather than update the software for the old ones to censor the displayed images? SMH | |
| Mar 13, 2017 at 18:18 | comment | added | DTRT | To be clear, the machines still produce the 'naked image' since that is the native output of the sensor. However, a separate program processes that image to produce the outline figure which is displayed. | |
| Mar 13, 2017 at 17:15 | history | answered | Giorgio | CC BY-SA 3.0 |