Got to be nude to fly

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ple-naked.html

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/...03_468x395.jpg

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New 'strip search' full body scanners being trialled in Australia will show people's private parts, officials have admitted.

But to spare their blushes, the faces of passengers will be blurred.

Domestic travellers leaving Melbourne airport over the next six weeks will be asked to test the new security scanners that can see through clothing.

The X-ray backscatter body scanner has been described by critics as a "virtual strip search."

The scanner is similar to one that was trialled at Paddington station in London in 2006 in direct response to the tube bombings in July 2005.

Similar systems have also been tested at Gatwick airport.
The new scanner

The new scanner is designed to show people concealing weapons - but it will show a lot more than that, airport chiefs have admitted

Cheryl Johnson, general manager of the Office of Transport Security, said:' It will show the private parts of people, but what we've decided is that we're not going to blur those out, because it severely limits the detection capabilities. '

'It is possible to see genitals and breasts while they're going through the machine, though,' she admitted

However, Ms Johnson said there were a number of measures in place to tackle concerns about privacy.

"The faces are automatically blurred and ... it's only a chalk-style outline, it's not as invasive as some of the other equipment that we've got," she said.

The scanner uses a low energy X-ray to reveal any objects, metal or otherwise, under a person's clothing, including body features.

The testing will be entirely voluntary during the trial, which is being undertaken to test how the new scanners would affect the flow of passengers through the security point.

"It does see through clothing, but it's not a photographic image, it's a low-energy X-ray that reflects off the skin," added Ms Johnson.

"The security officer that's looking at it is located away from the screening lane, so there's no comparison of the person walking through and the image.

'The images are not saved, you literally walk through, the screener hits a button to say clear and the image goes."

The new scanners will be tested at Melbourne Airport alongside 'next generation' baggage X-ray machines that can detect explosives in luggage.

Hand-held scanners that can detect explosives in liquids are also being tested.

Ms Johnson said these were a direct response to an alleged terrorist plot in 2006 to detonate liquid explosives on-board airliners.

She added all the scanners had tested well in laboratory conditions, but information was needed on how they would impact on passenger amenity.

The trial runs until the end of the November, and the results will be analysed before the technology is rolled out for real, possibly at domestic and international terminals.

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Woah, seems crazy. But I don't know if they can handle seeing my package.

Hope its not to tight, otherwise Guys (and some girls) are in some pain

Oh no, People might see my beast!

this is a total violation

>.> o dam they don wanna see all this bluber

This just isn't right...

I don't think it's needed to go that far, but I see where they're coming from in doing so.
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I dont feel safe anymore.
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That's just fucked up in so many ways.

not safe and i would never go in there, its wrong and prolly violates some intimacy rights...

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Originally Posted by scrat55

not safe and i would never go in there, its wrong and prolly violates some intimacy rights...

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Your just scared of them detecting your little penis huh?

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Originally Posted by CioNide

Your just scared of them detecting your little penis huh?

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lol no, but would u like to go through X-Rays?

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Originally Posted by scrat55

lol no, but would u like to go through X-Rays?

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dont mind,

it doesnt really effect me

and ive got no reason to be embarrassed

That'd so uncomfortable in MANY ways.

Totally fucked up.

id just stand there for them

i think its a good idea.

id strip off naked before i allow them to shoot more xrays into my body

Ohh noes!!, Some random person, Who I probably never going to see again, Is gonna see me naked!

Kinda weird that people you don't know are looking at you naked but if its for security I might do it.

What an uncomfortable vibe. I hope the scanner do not be official.

I'm sure there will be plenty of people who will protest this, by just coming naked to the airports...That should cause a lot of controversy.

Looks like im adding that job to my list of considerations :)

God, how small is that guy?

hey, if they wanted to see it so bad they could have asked you to take off your pants thats easier.

such an idiotic idea, who ever got it is a very stupid person, isnt a metal detector enough + the people that searchs you? thats stupid really.

No ty

I want to buy this up and put it on my house!