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Here's another story about the vans from the year before: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2010/08/24/full-body-scan-technology-deployed-in-street-rovi

• Ryanmf 15y ago
  On the topic of roving backscatter vans: “From a privacy standpoint, I’m hard-pressed to see what the concern or objection could be,”…says [Joe Reiss, Vice President of Marketing at backscatter developer American Science and Engineering, Rensselaer '85, Northeastern MBA '91]. In that case, Joe, it sounds as if you're a bit too ignorant and/or selfish to be making that call.
  • electromagnetic 15y ago
    > “From a privacy standpoint, I’m hard-pressed to see what the concern or objection could be,” I'm sure thousands of peeping toms have said the same thing to a judge and got a jail sentence anyway. IMO if a "vice president of marketing" says anything about a product, then the opposite is the truth. It's very easy to claim there's not a problem when you have a six figure paycheck and will never have to walk through one of these machines in your life.
• watmough 15y ago
  Look for a white cubic box, with vents, on a F350-type / Dodge Sprinter chassis. I'll be keeping my eyes open for these. It seems surprising that this can be permitted, bearing in mind the radiation being broadcast from these machines, in order to produce the backscatter for imaging. Any in Texas, are likely trolling 59 in and out of the main border crossings for drugs.