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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by arcticbull on Sunday March 31, 2019 @02:21AM (#19534195)
Are they X-raying people now?
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by isostatic on Sunday March 31, 2019 @04:05AM (#19534446)
No. It would show up on a good old fashioned metal detector that we had in the 80s and 90s though
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by Sir_Substance on Sunday March 31, 2019 @04:22AM (#19534481)
Hrm, that's interesting. I went through Schipol a few days ago and don't recall having to go through a metal detector. Nude body scanner yes, metal detector no. Maybe I just wasn't looking?
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by mch82 on Sunday March 31, 2019 @04:57AM (#19534565)
The scanner replaced the metal detector. Some places have both.
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by EForEndeavour on Sunday March 31, 2019 @07:43PM (#19539241)
To my knowledge, those "nude body" scanners (millimeter-wave or X-ray backscatter) can detect suspicious irregularities underneath clothing, but they do not specifically detect metals, and cannot search body cavities.
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by jacobush on Sunday March 31, 2019 @04:44AM (#19534542)
If you went through something looking like a big gate?
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by Sir_Substance on Sunday March 31, 2019 @11:28AM (#19536065)
Not that I recall, no.
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