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Seems security at airports will get X-Ray specs to look at you nude!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8303983.stm

Aw, they've edited the comments. This gem was in there earlier:

I don't have an issue with this, I must say. It's just natural progression of security scanners. Hopefully one day it will filter down into nightclubs, too.

Doesn't bother me. Interesting to read the comments about not trusting 'the government' with such data, mind, the idiots. The data isn't being stored at all.

That's what they want you to think! I, for one, will be wearing my tinfoil codpiece.

Is that a bit like how brazilians can refuse to walk off with armed men shouting at them in the street?

Now we know what happened to the marketing department of Codemasters in the 1980's.

"This game is called Robin Hood."

"No, lets call it Super Robin Hood!"

I'm tired of the western world being so incredibly ashamed of nudity or anything remotely touching on themes of it.

Tits or GTFO

Presuming that males will only be scanned by males, and females only scanned by females, I don't see any problems. Although the issue of who scans transexuals would be an issue I suppose... or if someone who looks like a woman is pulled aside to explain what looks like a hidden weapon inside their knickers, that could be a little embarassing.

But yes, I think what I'm saying is that if you're opposed to the scheme then you're a gender bender

Someone on the beeb made a comment about kids.... I don't know how they are going to get around that one.

But I personally don't have a problem with it, if it speeds up the airports, then surely it's a good thing

I don't care about that, either. These scans aren't even remotely pornographic, and they'd be seeing so many in such quick succession that any privacy concerns are pretty much moot. I'm not sure I'd care about having someone see a scan of my body for five seconds, especially if that scan is a bad representation of my true self, if they're anything like the images on the news article.

If they're not pornographic or erotic, what's the problem? Unless you're a Daily Mail reader, of course.

I'll save you my kitkat wrapper. Make two.

I can't read

Would you like strangers to look at your kids naked?

Given it's replacing some guy coming and feeling you/them up (Unless you opt out and go for the guy feeling you/them up, that is) and the decidedly non-pornographic nature of the images, I see no problem.

*Submits Mr Dave & Myps name to the authorities.*

*Applies for job in airport security*

*Reads comments*

Amused by the overuse of 'absolutely' once again. This word they keep using, I do not think it means what they think it means.

Also, maybe I like being patted down? EHH?*

*Not really.

Who cares? Kids ran around naked all the time only fifteen years ago. Hell, we've loads of old family videos where me or my sister were running round in the nip. A grainy black and white representation of a kid isn't dangerous ffs.

They still do tbh. I went to my mate J's house when I got back from the USA and I had never met his kids. Within about five minutes of being in his house they had all chucked their clothes all over the house and were running around butt naked.

I don't think the image displayed by that machine could really be described as pornography, not unless you're into wanking off over X-rays.

That's what I thought. I can't imagine it would be anything but ridiculously obvious if some sad at the airport was taking the pictures off to a cupboard to crank one out, either. Plus even if they somehow did and weren't discovered, frankly, the only harm they've actually done is acted extremely unprofessionally.

It's how the general public express their unhappiness these days. Along with 'disgust'. Absolutely disgusted/ing. I did wonder whether they were being a bit sensitive, being so repulsed by the fact their train was five minutes late. Or indeed if they were physically sick by the mere thought of it.

Well I'll stand out to say that I don't like that at all.
You don't get to look at my junk unless you're willing to put it inside you. Fact fans.

Thats not a philosophical point of view, or a civ lib one mind. Just I don't want some underpaid staffer looking at my balls. Poor bastard.
But as long as there is a separate line which you can join (just pity any muslims who join it)

Also: Mobile Phone shots of the screen when celebs and hotties walk through in 5, 4, 3...

For what it's worth I'm not in favour of this either, but not because I think that seeing a dodgy digital scan of my nadgers is somehow harming me - I'm not that ashamed of being a human rather than a magically animated shirt and trousers - rather, because it's not necessary. The threat of terrorist groups is already overplayed in this country and we're paranoid and obstructively suspicious enough as it is. Scanning people's balls isn't going to prevent anything that would have failed anyway.

Aye to that agent.

I need to stop and think about it on the civ lib side, but yeah.

So will they give the job of scanning all this stuff to someone who isn't untrained and earning just above minimum wage?

So how long before I can have memories of being a spy on Mars implanted?

Any qualified enough to spend all day looking at naked pictures of people without misusing it is qualified enough to get a better job. No one deserves the job of looking at naked ugly overweight people 8 hours a day.

Airport security people can make a nice packet, I thought. A friend of a friend is one in Australia and earns enough to support two adults, and only works part time.

Actually airport shifts are usually 12 hours

Really, I wouldn't have thought it did.

Either way they'll need to if they want to stick with this.

Guns aren't dangerous either etc ffs.

"Good afternoon, Dr Station. I'm the resident urologist."
"Whatever doc. Bend over first."




Maybe in Australia, the promised land (until the water runs out). At Cardiff, we (passenger agents) made a pittance of £5.02 an hour, the Securicor staff made not much more. Just searched FlightJobs and security officer is listed as £14-20k. To stand or sit around, getting fatter and chain smoking.

Thanks for the reminder. I've got to print my BastardRyanair boarding pass.

I'm not sure if you're trying to say this is a bad thing. That's more than I make, and I don't even get to club people who piss me off. And I'm pretty happy with my wage tbh.

SA makes a good point. Being terrified of wee babies' bottoms is sort of, y'know, letting the paedophiles win.

"Fears that we created"

Why do they persist in calling it an X-Ray when it's clearly not? I know the answer.