There are two types of Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) used by TSA. One is the Backscatter which is the machine with 2 big blue boxes and the other is the Millimeter Wave (MMW) which is the grey cylinder. The backscatter was the one with the remote viewing room while MMW now typically does the gumby…
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My first body scanner opt-out
I am still trying to avoid these things at all costs, but today’s circumstances led me to the machine. I was running late leaving my house today due to laundry issues I realized about half a mile from my house that I didn’t have my wallet and I had to turn around and go back…
So the body scanners *ARE* storing pictures
This is from courthouses, not airports, but still interesting. c|net William Bordley, an associate general counsel with the Marshals Service, acknowledged in the letter that “approximately 35,314 images…have been stored on the Brijot Gen2 machine” used in the Orlando, Fla. federal courthouse. In addition, Bordley wrote, a Millivision machine was tested in the Washington, D.C.…