scanners

The invasive process of going through today's U.S. airport safety checkpoints are no longer simply a matter of removing your shoes and submitting to Transportation Security Administration gropings. Controversial new body scanners have turned every flight into an opportunity to have a naked scan...

Dustin Hurst Idaho Reporter Thursday, February 18th, 2010 If Rep. Phil Hart, R-Hayden, has his way in the Idaho Legislature, whole-body scanners won’t be used as a primary screening method at Idaho airports anytime soon. Hart believes the scanners, while a good tool for security, are too...

Protest against "naked scanners" Thursday, December 31, 2010 The use of body scanners at the airport only partially helps to avoid attacks, but it means a significant degradation of the privacy of airline passengers. This enables the digital civil rights organization Bits of Freedom in an...