Airport Scanners Can Store, Transmit Images

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
> Date: January 11, 2010 1:34:06 PM EST
> To: Undisclosed-recipients: <>;
> Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Airport Scanners Can Store, Transmit Images

> (Since there'd be the likelihood of using such images post-incident,  
> for forensics purposes it makes sense that these devices would store  
> images for SOME duration of time.  As such I never bought the fed's  
> story on image-storing. --rick)
>
>
> Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online
> Airport Scanners Can Store, Transmit Images
>    • By Kim Zetter
>    • January 11, 2010  |
>    • 1:13 pm  |
>    • Categories: Surveillance
>
> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/01/airport-scanners/
>
> Contrary to previous public statements made by the Transportation  
> Security Administration about fully-body airport scanners, the  
> devices do have the ability to store and transmit images, according  
> to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union.
> The documents, which include technical specifications and vendor  
> contracts, indicate that the TSA requires vendors to provide  
> equipment that can store and send images of screened passengers when  
> in testing mode, according to CNN, which viewed the documents.
>
> The TSA has stated publicly on its web site, in videos and in  
> statements to the press that images cannot be stored on the machines  
> and that images are deleted from the scanners once an airport  
> operator has examined them. The administration has also insisted  
> that the machines are incapable of sending images.
>
> But a TSA official acknowledged to CNN that the machines do have  
> these capabilities when set to “test mode.”
>
> The official said these functions are disabled before the machines  
> are delivered to airports and that there is no way for screeners in  
> airports to put the machines into test mode to enable the functions.  
> The official, however, would not elaborate on what specific  
> protections, if any, are in place to prevent airport personnel from  
> putting the machines in test mode.
>
> The TSA also asserts that the machines are not networked, so they  
> cannot be accessed by hackers.



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