Mfarhanonline Social Media News: When the Transportation Security Administration rolled out full-body scanners at airport security checkpoints, it produced images detailed enough to earn the nickname “ porno scanners .” Now, the TSA plans to install software in all of these machines that will put an end to the seemingly naked scanned images. The software eliminates passenger-specific images. Instead, the machine uses a generic image to pinpoint any potential threats hiding under a passenger’s clothes that require further screening. If no potential threats are automatically detected, an “OK” appears on the screen and the passenger is cleared. “By eliminating the image of an actual passenger and replacing it with a generic outline of a person, passengers are able to view the same outline that the TSA officer sees,” a TSA statement explains. “Further, a separate TSA officer will no longer be required to view the image in a remotely located viewing room.” The TSA plans to install the software on the imaging technology units that rely on a technology called “millimeter wave” in the coming months. It also plans to test similar software for the rest of the nearly 500 units at airports nationwide that use a different technology called “backscatter.” On Friday, the United States Court of Appeals ruled that the scanners did not violate the Fourth Amendment , which protects Americans against unreasonable searches, and the new software may help quell the concerns of privacy activists. But the debate on the new scanners is far from over. The latest argument is over whether the machines negatively affect health of TSA employees . More About: airport , scanners , tsa For more Tech & Gadgets coverage: Follow Mfarhanonline Tech & Gadgets on Twitter Become a Fan on Facebook Subscribe to the! Tech 038; Gadgets channel Download our free apps for Android , Mac , iPhone and iPad Social Media reviews series maintain by Mayya
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Mfarhanonline:New TSA Software To Nix Invasive Body Scan Images
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