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The requirement may be a step backward, but at least the idea of not storing the images is a step forward.

by mathgeek 11y ago

bradbeattie 11y ago
Discreet cellphone pic? Hard to imagine an image being "unstorable".
- URSpider94 11y ago
  There is no "pic" at all. The images are never viewed by humans. All you get is a stylized threat alert indicator on a generic silhouette.
  - exhilaration 11y ago
    Do you have a source for this? Have all US airports upgraded to the "no pic" technology?
    - balls187 11y ago
      Not an exhaustive search, but there doesn't seem to be a definitive source that explains that all machines have been replaced, however the TSA has laid out the timetable for June 1, 2013, and that all machines were to be removed by Rapidscan at their own expense. http://blog.tsa.gov/2013/01/rapiscan-backscatter-contract.html http://blog.tsa.gov/2013/01/rapiscan-backscatter-contract.ht...
  - kreneskyp 11y ago
    They said they don't generate or store images period, which is at best misleading. It might not generate or store a commonly used image format, but it's still an imaging machine. The machine generates images or it's pure security theater. Either way they are attempting to deceive people and they shouldn't be trusted. (doubly so since previous claims that they don't store images is a proven lie)
gscott 11y ago
They have previously said they do not store images with the other models then surprise, they do. Time will tell.
schoen 11y ago
But they already didn't store the images according to their previous policy; that's not a change here.
- ibejoeb 11y ago
  That's just what they claimed. They did, in fact, store the images: http://www.wired.com/2010/01/airport-scanners/ http://www.wired.com/2010/01/airport-scanners/
sbuttgereit 11y ago
And after all... we can definitely trust them on that. Our Government wouldn't make any such claim without telling the truth... would they?
MCRed 11y ago
Not storing the images was the promise at the beginning. Thanks Obama for these scanners, by the way. IT was bad enough that Bush made the TSA, Obama made it worse.

The requirement may be a step backward, but at least the idea of not storing the images is a step forward.

bradbeattie 11y ago

Discreet cellphone pic? Hard to imagine an image being "unstorable".

URSpider94 11y ago
There is no "pic" at all. The images are never viewed by humans. All you get is a stylized threat alert indicator on a generic silhouette.
- exhilaration 11y ago
  Do you have a source for this? Have all US airports upgraded to the "no pic" technology?
  - balls187 11y ago
    Not an exhaustive search, but there doesn't seem to be a definitive source that explains that all machines have been replaced, however the TSA has laid out the timetable for June 1, 2013, and that all machines were to be removed by Rapidscan at their own expense. http://blog.tsa.gov/2013/01/rapiscan-backscatter-contract.html http://blog.tsa.gov/2013/01/rapiscan-backscatter-contract.ht...
- kreneskyp 11y ago
  They said they don't generate or store images period, which is at best misleading. It might not generate or store a commonly used image format, but it's still an imaging machine. The machine generates images or it's pure security theater. Either way they are attempting to deceive people and they shouldn't be trusted. (doubly so since previous claims that they don't store images is a proven lie)

gscott 11y ago

They have previously said they do not store images with the other models then surprise, they do. Time will tell.

schoen 11y ago

But they already didn't store the images according to their previous policy; that's not a change here.

ibejoeb 11y ago
That's just what they claimed. They did, in fact, store the images: http://www.wired.com/2010/01/airport-scanners/ http://www.wired.com/2010/01/airport-scanners/

sbuttgereit 11y ago

And after all... we can definitely trust them on that. Our Government wouldn't make any such claim without telling the truth... would they?

MCRed 11y ago

Not storing the images was the promise at the beginning. Thanks Obama for these scanners, by the way. IT was bad enough that Bush made the TSA, Obama made it worse.