[privacy] UK Considers Deploying X-Ray Scanners on Street to Search Pedestrians

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Speechless. For now.

Via The BBC.

[snip]

X-ray cameras that would "undress" passers-by in a bid to thwart terrorists
concealing weapons, could be coming to a street near you, according to
reports. Aside from the obvious privacy issues, would such a plan work?

Leaked documents said to have been drawn up by the Home Office and seen by
the Sun newspaper say cameras which can see through clothes could be built
into lamp posts to "trap terror suspects".

While Home Secretary John Reid has denied knowledge of the plans, the
technology is not dissimilar to that already found in some UK airports.
Currently, air security officials pick out individuals to stand in a booth
while three pictures are taken of the person in slightly different
positions.

Within seconds, an X-ray scanner produces an image of the body, minus the
clothes. What shows up is the naked human form and anything that may be
concealed on the person, such as coins, a gun or drugs.

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More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6309917.stm

- - ferg

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