Comments on: Survey: Do you favor the use of whole-body scanners?

By: Belle

Belle — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:33:10 +0000

I hope congress will forbid this as primary screening device!!
It should never become mandatory. In Germany it’s been forbidden altogether because ” body scanners are against human dignity”
also you still can hide explosives in body cavities and it won’t show on body scanners. So what’s next? Stool samples?

By: Kina

Kina — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:30:12 +0000

Well John, I suppose the difference would be that I CHOSE to share my personal info with the bank , my employer, and my HR dept. If I went to a bank and the teller were treating me like a criminal, I would not bank there, but I have no choice about who I deal with at TSA, and they don’t exactly have a reputation for hiring the most professional individuals.
I wouldn’t say that I am the one who is scared, since it is the public’s fear of terrorism that has made my fellow travelers more than willing to roll over and surrender their rights to their own privacy.

Besides, my bank never asked to see me naked.

So please, John, send me a picture of your private parts. You don’t have to include a pic of your face. All I need is a shot of your “JUNK” so I can post it to my facebook page and all my friends can discuss it. Don’t worry, nobody will know it’s you, so it won’t mean anything. I have only your best interest at heart..

By: John

John — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:03:49 +0000

Kina … First, look at the pictures you’d never know it was you. Secondly, are you going to stop going to the bank? They have information that they could post about you too. How about work? Do you want to bet HR has some “yummy” facts in your file they could publish?

Be scared if you want. There are lots of places in this world where people can publish embarassing facts about you with your name one them. TSA can’t put your name on the scan because they won’t know its you even if someone takes a cellphone pic.

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:20:12 +0000

Frank, do you really think a secondary search at the gate is something that could be effective? It’s so easy to beat (just wait until someone is being checked before you board) and is just an annoyance. Don’t you think anyone who is carrying weapons doesn’t know this? It’s eyewash and delays the boarding process.

By: Kina

Kina — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:12:30 +0000

I’m just gonna hold off on flying for a while and wait for all these body scan pictures to show up on a web page somewhere. I have no doubt that one of the “professionals” at TSA will soon start a page posting your “secure” images that they gurantee “won’t be saved’ and the big lawsuit ensues. Yes, Americans are too quick to roll over and surrender their human rights just cause someone says “Trust us, this is for your own good”. But let’s see how long these machines stick around after someone finds out they have been violated. Wait till someone sees a picture of their daughter’s or wife’s body scan online, with some pithy caption underneath it.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:03:12 +0000

I didn’t feel the questions were very balanced.

I don’t like the current system, it is a pain in the butt. I also suspect a lot gets through that shouldn’t.

I wouldn’t like the full body scanning just for something to do for the heck of it, but if I can walk through something that everyone else walks through too – and there is a pretty good assurance that nothing will get through then I’m all for it. The maintenance staff, catering staff and flight crews can go through them too.

Right now, I feel there is a greater risk of my laptop being stolen, I’m walking somewhere that probably people with a lot of foot diseases are also walking through, and I suspect a lot of stuff isn’t getting caught.

By: Cliff Woodrick

Cliff Woodrick — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:08:30 +0000

I am 75 years young and I set off the alarm everytime that I pass through the portal. I get patted down, have to remove my belt and suspenders and almost lost my pants once. I walk with a cane, have a steel hip, shapnel in the right leg and do not care if someone can get their jollies from seeing my body. If this happened, I would be happy.

Have a wonderful day – Cliff

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:53:40 +0000

Janet said And another thing is this secondary search at the gate. Are you telling me you can’t get it right the first time?
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Screening passengers is not 100 percent effective so we cant depend on any single security measure to be fail proof. Many layers of security form a more effective system.

By: mommafrica

mommafrica — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:38:24 +0000

What do u think he/she is really looking for! U married ur wife/husband not only b/c they’re intelligent (I hope), but b/c they looked-& continue to look-good. Now that TSA person wants to see what ur wife/husband looks like as well. For ex: my other & I were flying out of STL 2 wks ago. There were 2 female TSA workers working the check-point. They were blatantly talking about how they were checking out a male passenger from a far for awhile & wondering about “what he really looked like” & what kind of woman he was travelling with. In other words, I don’t believe that security will be the topic of the day w/ these scanners.

By: Janet

Janet — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:19:54 +0000

OMG. There is no way I would enter one of these. I’m so tired of being used as a control group for the airlines. Let’s see: I fly 80+k miles a year, I’m a middle aged female who follows every law possible and has never even had a traffic ticket. Sure I won’t meet the person who sees me naked, but frankly I don’t want anyone to see me naked. And another thing is this secondary search at the gate. Are you telling me you can’t get it right the first time?