I thought that was a group, the Hat and Mitten Organisation. Huh.

Scary little kids that will fuck you up if you try and give them a time out.

The backscatter machines are the nudie! But your outrage needs to be tempered with the fact that you are okay with other people looking at pictures of your nudie on the internet!

I am a giant prude, and am a little uncomfortable with the backscatter machines. They had them at both airports the last time I flew, but I didn't actually have to go through them because they don't have enough yet.

I haven't read enough about the machines, only that people are concerned about being seen in the nude. How are they helping security? I don't understand how seeing our body parts makes flying safer.

I guess I don't care about being seen naked if I'm not actually naked.

I believe the Underwear Bomber is what prompted the speedy installation of the porno-scanners.

My understanding is that the concern is radiation

And I figure no one looking at the scans actually cares. Do they log them somewhere?

>it will show any contraband such as ceramic knives, liquid explosives or drugs that the person was carrying but were previously undetectable by metal detectors or conventional X-ray machines

[link] Okay, so in addition to showing the body, it shows anything hidden in the clothes. That was the part I was missing.

If someone wants to go to the trouble of capturing my particular scan and post it on the net, they've got bigger troubles than I do. Unless there's a thriving market for electronic images of anonymous, fat, 50-year-old women out there. I hear the Japanese are into weird things.

They actually have been saved. Although it was supposed to be an accident: [link]

I am worried about one more source of radiation. I'd opt for the groping rather than the scanner.