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> Backscatter scans would be perfect if it wasn't for the privacy problem What about the safety problem? A few academics at UCSF drafted an open letter regardi
by callahad 16y ago
> Backscatter scans would be perfect if it wasn't for the privacy problem
What about the safety problem? A few academics at UCSF drafted an open letter regarding the safety backscatter scanners, available at http://www.npr.org/assets/news/2010/05/17/concern.pdf http://www.npr.org/assets/news/2010/05/17/concern.pdf
Reading it firmly shifted my objection from one based on privacy to one based on safety. Therac-25 wasn't that long ago, after all. And, of course, let's not forget shoe fitting fluoroscopes.