Re:Manchester (England) Airport's body scanners scrapped
by nodata on Monday September 17, 2012 @10:07AM
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I've been surveyed three times for these scanners. Don't trust the results: all three times I declined due to "privacy reasons", and all three times they ticked the "health reasons" box, despite my objections.
Re:Manchester (England) Airport's body scanners scrapped
by finnw on Monday September 17, 2012 @12:49PM
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Maybe they want to imply that anyone who objects to being scanned for privacy reasons, must be mentally ill.
Re:Manchester (England) Airport's body scanners scrapped
by ZoFreX on Monday September 17, 2012 @08:18AM
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Important to note that 100% of passengers surveyed preferred them to frisking, rather than being happy with them objectively.
Re:Manchester (England) Airport's body scanners scrapped
by sjwright on Monday September 17, 2012 @10:15AM
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Am I the only one who has no problem with being frisked?
I don't think there's any safety concerns with these machines but I'd much rather be frisked than have a digital image captured and potentially used for whatever.
I'm often frisked at Singapore Airport, but they've never once actually pulled something out of my pockets even when there's something obviously in them. They are looking at my reaction.
Re:Manchester (England) Airport's body scanners scrapped
by pavel_lishin on Monday September 17, 2012 @10:37AM
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I dislike being frisked, too, but I find it a better alternative.
I just think of it as a complimentary massage.
Re:Manchester (England) Airport's body scanners scrapped
by viraptor on Monday September 17, 2012 @03:00PM
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I keep smiling at them which makes them uneasy ;)
Re:Manchester (England) Airport's body scanners scrapped
by ZoFreX on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @04:00AM
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My thoughts exactly. When they first brought these things into the UK they said the machines weren't even capable of retaining images. Soon afterwards there was a scandal because staff had been saving them, and they shifted the goalposts to say staff weren't supposed to save them - which is an entirely different prospect.
I'd be very suspicious if I saw any survey that indicates 0% or 100% of anything. That just doesn't happen normally.