Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Raise Your Hands In The Air Like You Don't Care

You may remember hearing, from various federal agencies, that no images will be saved from these fancy new "see under your clothes" scanners.

Well, apparently you heard wrong.
Now it turns out that some police agencies are storing the controversial images after all. The U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that it had surreptitiously saved tens of thousands of images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse.
Also, TSA has released specs which show that they require scanners to be able to store and transmit images. Like this one:


It's really not
a flattering shot.

I bet that in the coming weeks,
they'll all show up on Wiki-Leaks
with names attached
to every batch.

I'm practicing my denials now:
"That isn't me. No way. No how."

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