Lachen om airport scanner foto's?

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Het maakt dus alleen uit welke pet je op hebt, of je kunt lachen om de
foto's of niet.

Groet / Cees (zonder pet)

Airport Scanners Can Store, Transmit Images
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/01/airport-scanners/
     * By Kim Zetter
     * January 11, 2010
     * 1:13 pm
Contrary to public statements made by the Transportation Security
Administration, full-body airport scanners do have the ability to store
and transmit images, according to documents obtained by the Electronic
Privacy Information Center.

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.

The TSA has stated publicly on its website, 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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