If you’ve been to the Orlando Federal Courthouse lately, well… let’s just say your physical attributes are on record.
Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images
“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.
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Body scanners penetrate clothing to provide a highly detailed image so accurate that critics have likened it to a virtual strip search. Technologies vary, with millimeter wave systems capturing fuzzier images, and backscatter X-ray machines able to show precise anatomical detail. The U.S. government likes the idea because body scanners can detect concealed weapons better than traditional magnetometers.
This privacy debate, which has been simmering since the days of the Bush administration, came to a boil two weeks ago when Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that scanners would soon appear at virtually every major airport. The updated list includes airports in New York City, Dallas, Washington, Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, and Philadelphia.”
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“The people have the right to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures, and it may not be violated. This protection includes their persons, houses, papers, and belongings.”
~ 4th Amendment, U.S. Constitution
Unless, of course, you’re passing through an airport or federal courthouse. Or you’re an illegal alien crossing our border.
