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I edited my comment as you were replying, but still, this writeup totally buries this part of the story (from the opening paragraph of the original source): Th

by raldi 15y ago

I edited my comment as you were replying, but still, this writeup totally buries this part of the story (from the opening paragraph of the original source): This legislation allows airports and Member States that wish to use security scanners for the screening of passengers to do so under strict operational and technical conditions. People who see the headline are going to think Europe isn't going to be deploying body scanners. But this story is about the opposite: The headline should be, "Europe approves passive-millimeter full-body airport scanners, prepares for rollout."

llimllib 15y ago
But the intriguing part of the story is that they banned x-ray scanners, not that they approved millimeter-wave scanners. The headline is accurate. This has always been the sensible course of action; millimeter-wave machines are far safer than x-ray machines.
- pwaring 15y ago
  The headline is technically accurate, but I suspect most people don't know the difference between x-ray scanners and millimeter-wave scanners and assume if a scanner shows underneath your clothes then it is an x-ray.