Thursday, April 02, 2009

The airport scanner that reveals your underwear...

Travellers in America are being asked to pass through whole body scanners at airport security checkpoints, which penetrates their clothing.

The new technology, developed by New York based L3 Communications, has raised concerns after it was revealed that underwear is visible in the scans.

It has drawn comparisons with scanners on the 1990 science fiction film Total Recall, which revealed the bodies of Mars-bound passengers beneath their clothing. More...

See also:

  1. Airports install scanners that see through clothes...
  2. Social services 'set up CCTV camera in couple's bedroom!!!'
  3. Here it comes! MALINTENT, the airport scanner that reads your mind!
  4. Checking travellers at airports: security or humiliation?

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