Full Body "Back-scatter" Scanners

**E_Pluribus_Unum** · 02-10-10, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by BigHub

I have no problem with the scanners...

I have no shame in my wang. Let it hang low! If they wanna look at a real sausage, then so be it. There's enough for everyone. Sounds like to me, some people have baby dicks.

ROFL prove it... :9

**Consultant** · 02-10-10, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by Toad

I fly once a month or more for work (not nearly enough for vacation).

In other news, here are the guys who are far more regulated and professional (supposedly) than the $10/hour guys they pay to look at pictures of your wife's boobs (and apparently print them out if they're good enough) in the security scanner.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/30/flo...investigation/

(CNN) -- The Transportation Security Administration has launched an internal investigation into an air marshal field office in Florida where supervisors are alleged to have used a crew assignment board to ridicule and keep score on women, gays and minorities, sources told CNN.

The board, resembling the TV game show "Jeopardy," includes categories such as "pickle smokers," "our gang" and "creatures," which sources said were names used by managers for gay men, African-Americans and lesbians.

Wait a minute...you mean to tell me there are bad employees out there....in government service?

What's next, no tooth fairy?

**Toad** · 02-10-10, 11:42 AM

There are bad employees everywhere. One of only major differences between "government service" and "contractor" employees are who the person works for... the American people, or some CEO and shareholders who are mostly concerned with lining their pockets instead of the good of the American people. There's also the fact that pay is capped for government employees, whereas contractors can make as much as they want. This allows some of the best and brightest to put in good work as contractors, but you will certainly pay top dollar for that work and better make sure it requires top dollar talent (it frequently does not).

So, yes, there are some bad employees in the government, similar to any workforce. The difference here is that you're saying "hey, check out my daughter" instead of "hey, make me a big mac."

And to the people who failed reading comprehension of my first post in this thread, I was saying that their thighs are too fat or their dick too small for the scanners to see it from the side in the first place. For the record I have a member both lengthsome and girthsome whose awesome majesty would doubtless render many an unprepared TSA employee senseless. I oppose this measure because I think that it's an American citizen's responsibility to actually stand up for their rights instead of just let people take them away because of some nebulous "terrism" threat. Regardless of security measures put in place we are ALWAYS going to be under some kind of threat. It's how we react to it, with bravery and rationality instead of just signing away our rights to anyone who wants to take them from us, that make us True Americans.

**Tick** · 02-10-10, 12:18 PM

Man, I have to fly into Heathrow in two weeks. I should try and figure out someway to print something on my body that says something along the lines of "This printout will self-destruct in 5 seconds". Of course, that might land my ass in security for a few hours/days.

Any other suggestions?

**BigHub** · 02-10-10, 12:24 PM

hahaha make one that says this:

"QUIT LOOKING AT MY DICK!"

haha reminds me of the movie Waiting... when the guy is in the bathroom trying to pee and imagines people starring at him.

**Alundil** · 02-10-10, 04:51 PM

I posted the article, not because I personally am worried about someone seeing my digital junk in a camera screen somewhere. But more in regards to the issues I see with trying to capture this level of detail in scans (which while not bad in and of themselves) certainly raises concerns with me over what is done with that data/image. Is not, obviously, possible to trust people to be responsible with data of a personally sensitive manner. That was my primary point to posting this. Probably should've mentioned that, but of well....hindsight

pun intended.

**Consultant** · 02-18-10, 08:12 AM

I flew out of Albuquerque and got to go through my first of these Back Scatter machines.

I felt disappointingly un-violated. I asked to see the picture and was denied. Apparently only one person sitting in the back sees the picture and radios the TSA agent and gives them the all clear.

The agents were very nice.

And yes, I flexed a little and tried to make my junk look bigger.

**PizzaSHARK!** · 02-18-10, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by Consultant

One of these scanners would have prevented 9/11 and thus, the Iraq war - and likely most of the US involvement in Afghanistan.

They taped box cutters to their backs.

Would you be ok with a pat-down?

People refusing to be sheep and not being afraid of a couple loud dudes with half-inch blades would have stopped 9/11. But for some reason, most people just cower in place when some weird dude gets up, brandishes anything that might be able to cut them, and screams in some foreign language.