Have a look at http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/744426 which seems to militate for good security, not high technology.
I came through Ben Gurion in the early winter. It was a quick and simple experience. The security was not intrusive. I was not bored to death in the line, I was asked quiet simple questions and had no idea that the cute young lady who asked them was more than someone speeding me through the system!
And no-one laughed at my body image!
On 6 Jan 2010, at 12:49, Lawrence Serewicz 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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