As the scanner turns...

[Alex Eckelberry <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

The ridiculous soap opera of these useless and invasive full-body scanners hits another snag:  CP.

Ooops.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jan/04/new-scanners-child-porn-laws


The rapid introduction of full body scanners at British airports threatens to breach child 
protection<http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/childprotection> laws which ban the creation of indecent images of 
children, the Guardian has learned.

Privacy campaigners claim the images created by the machines are so graphic they amount to "virtual strip-searching" 
and have called for safeguards to protect the privacy of passengers involved.

Ministers now face having to exempt under 18s from the scans or face the delays of introducing new legislation to 
ensure airport security staff do not commit offences under child pornography laws.

They also face demands from civil liberties<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/civil-liberties> groups for safeguards to 
ensure that images from the £80,000 scanners, including those of celebrities, do not end up on the internet. The 
Department for Transport confirmed that the "child porn" problem was among the "legal and operational issues" now under 
discussion in Whitehall after Gordon Brown's announcement on Sunday that he wanted to see their "gradual" introduction 
at British airports.

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