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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by tenpies on Sunday January 22, 2017 @01:51PM (#13456530)
> going thru an xray machine that haven't been properly documented

Don't forget data retention. Those pseudo-nude pictures of all of us (including your children) are probably stored somewhere for perpetuity.

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by balls187 on Sunday January 22, 2017 @03:44PM (#13457332)
They stopped using high-fidelity pictures in 2013.

Next time you go through the back-scatter xray, turn around and look at the monitor. It's now a picture of a generic human that shows any area that the agent's should investigate.

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by calvano915 on Sunday January 22, 2017 @06:24PM (#13458318)
Because what is displayed to the scanner agent is totally and definitely all the device will capture and retain...promise :D
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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by gcb0 on Monday January 23, 2017 @01:44AM (#13460345)
they don't even claim that. they now advertise that the high res picture is only seen by specialists that are in a room without view to your face, so thet don't know who they see butt naked. this was explained on the posters in the line.
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