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The premise is flawed. X-ray inspection equipment is easy to find - it's regularly offered for sale on EBay and you'll find a number of teardown videos of vario
by djmdjm 9y ago
The premise is flawed. X-ray inspection equipment is easy to find - it's regularly offered for sale on EBay and you'll find a number of teardown videos of various models on Youtube. The stolen X-Ray equipment is not being reported probably because it isn't particularly interesting.
- tsaoutourpants 9y agoWell, not exactly. Very basic x-ray equipment is easy to find on eBay. The more modern equipment that the TSA uses is not available on eBay... https://securitytoday.com/articles/2008/07/30/tsa-to-expand.aspx https://securitytoday.com/articles/2008/07/30/tsa-to-expand.... "Advantages of AT X-ray include a greatly enhanced image with the ability to target novel threat items resulting in fewer bag checks and faster throughput, and the ability to upgrade the system with enhanced algorithms." ...and that article describes the 2008 edition of the technology! For a more technically-specific perspective, I can say that the newer machines take images from multiple angles and are closer to a medical CT scan than a old-school x-ray. Owning one would allow you to practice placing your items in a direction and location that would be least able to be seen by the operator.
- rst 9y agoYou could say the same about the toner cartridge ban cited in the article (and the article itself does!) -- but DHS did it anyway.