Airport Scanners, Real Images Revealed
by Irma Arkus
The latest frenzy to install airport scanners has, in my humble opinion, gone overboard, and furthermore has given itching authorities carte blanc to installing another trillion dollars worth of security machinery that many experts doubt in terms of legality or safety, and generally making lives of passengers beyond miserable.
The airport scanners are invasive, and though I personally cackle with fond thoughts of Total Recall, they indeed present a serious invasion of anonymity for passengers.
Undertheradarmedia reports that actual images produced by the scanners are not in fact the negatives we’ve been shown. Instead the images appear as simple black and white “scans” of our bodies.
I personally am not a shy daisy, and neither is the woman in the image. But there is a great differentiation between having the right to say no to being examined head to toe and being forced to comply with extreme security measures(or otherwise get Tasered?)
Our sense of anonymity and privacy has already been vanquished to make way for “securitization.” Whether it’s securitization of economic funds, national borders, or just following orders of some vague “intelligence” community, I at least expected the luxury of having my ass covered with a shammy through the process. [Undertheradarmedia
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so that’s how you hide a
so that’s how you hide a gun in your ass?! thank hiscifi for unveiling yet another mystery. lol
Mon, 01/18/2010 - 12:02 Posted by blarkm (not verified)
Try checking your sources FIRST...?
The very first thing I thought of when I saw this was… ‘Hmm what are the sources for the image?’ but it would appear that you, and hundreds of others like you, have failed miserably to bring the actual FACTS of this non story to your readers, thus increasing the amount of DISinformation that traverses the internet.
I won’t go on, I will just provide you with a link to a story where the author has indeed discovered the error of his ways and has published an edit of his original article, stating the facts about the so called airport scanner image.
http://justgetthere.us/blog/archives/DISINFORMATION-Inverted-Body-Scanne…
Please at least try to spread information that is checked and verified in future or you are about as worthy a news source as the likes of Adam curry or David Icke!
Sun, 01/24/2010 - 15:06 Posted by Fae GiN (not verified)
This is a fake image...
I can prove this image is a FAKE.
The picture of the woman was taken off of a STOCK PHOTO website and was NOT produced by an Airport Scanner.
Here is the stock-photo website: http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/1569R-246002
all they did was photoshop it to make it look like it was made by an airport scanner and imposed the image of a gun over top. Please quit relaying this false information. I have a degree in Art & Design and that’s how I know this image is a fake and can reproduce it in under 5 minutes.
Tue, 01/26/2010 - 23:27 Posted by Nick (not verified)
Why is this still here unchanged?...?
Hello there. I already left you a comment telling you about the other sites like yours that also fell for this (now VERY WELL KNOWN) scam of the hoax scanner images. Yet you have chosen not to change the article or even say anything about it not being true?!
Is this because you would prefer top have the article as it is because then it fits with your agenda and view of the world which is obviously a bit Big Brother etc etc?
I think you only have one choice in this: Come clean or admit you are a blatant liar.
Integrity is a valuable asset.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 22:39 Posted by Fae GiN (not verified)
no offense but the scans are
no offense but the scans are relatively entertaining.
Additionally, it has been uncovered that many of these scans are adjustable in terms of visual clarity. Some are showing relative BLURS of human physiology, while others show very very clear scans similar to ones above.
so no, your comment is valid, and it shall pertain to the content above, but I’m leaving it as is. I do appreciate though your contribution.
Fri, 02/05/2010 - 16:43 Posted by irma
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