As someone who has an implant in his body (artificial heart valve), I expect
that sooner or later I will be routinely picked up by scanners at airports
and then hauled away for interrogation. All the more reason to avoid air
travel.
Charles
On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 12:49:23 +0000
Lawrence Serewicz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear All,
> I have been thinking about the use of the body scanner
>for airport security. In military theory, there is an
>awareness that each advance by an army leads to a counter
>move, to negate that advantage, by its opponents. If
>they seek the high ground, you go to the air. If they
>are in the air, you go to space.
>
> In this situation, how soon is it before someone
>implants a device inside the would be suicide bomber? A
>backcatter system would not capture that as such, as it
>is looking on the surface. Even if it revealed
>"something" inside who is to say that this is not a
>legitimate device ie a pace maker or an artificial limb
>or a medically required device? Unlike luggage, we
>cannot ask the person to open their body so that it can
>be inspected.
>
> What do we do at that point? In terms of Data Protection
>how far do we go and what is done with that information?
> Will passengers need to carry certificates showing all
>of the private surgical enhancements that they have?
>
>For example, silicone or saline implants (for either male
>or female) could be the basis for transporting explosives
>or other dangerous material. If someone has legal
>surgical enhancements, that they wish to keep private,
>would they be required to reveal these?
>
> I am fairly certain that if a person of interest
>(popular celebrity) were to go through these scanners,
>and reveal previously unknown surgical enhancements,
>then, human nature being what it is, there would be
>covert systems for those involved to make sure that such
>information were retained.
>
> Yes, training, oversigh, and enforcement can curtail
>this but the risk is real. Who would have thought people
>were hacking telephones, crashing the White House
>parties, or using CCTV cameras to spy into private homes?
>
> I would be interested in your views as this opens up a
>different chapter in privacy in an electronic age. I
>wish I could claim that I was original but alas I am not,
>I saw this post just as I was finishing this message.
> http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/05/terrorism-breast-implants-airports-opinions-contributors-elan-singer.html
>
>
> Best,
>
> Lawrence
>
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