Remember those full body scans that the Feds said they wouldn't store?

[thewayne]

They lied.

I am shocked, shocked I say!

"The U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that it had surreptitiously saved tens of thousands of images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse."

You are supposed to have the option of going through a pat-down or wanding in lieu of the body scan, which is what I will do if I'm ever presented with the option. There is some controversy as to the safety of the radiation type and exposure levels, and I have enough health issues that I don't need to risk compounding them.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20012583-281.html

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/08/04/1530224/Denials-Aside-Feds-Storing-Body-Scan-Images

Comments

[silveradept]

I'm shocked right there with you. So very, very, shocked. Because whenever someone introduces a privacy-destroying system, of course we're supposed to trust that they won't use it to destroy privacy.