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Background

Security Options

Body Scanner

How it works

Related Issues

Top 5 Problems

Other ways out

Summary

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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallabh, tried to blew off an Detroit bound Northwest Airlines Flight on Christmas eve.

This is not the only incidence but the recent one !!!

In 2001 Richard Colvin Reid tried to detonate explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight.

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Available in Three types: ◦ X-Ray

◦ Active Microwave

◦ Millimeter Wave

First two irradiate the subject and use backscatter or reflected signals.

Millimeter wave works by reading the naturally occurring waves emitted by body.

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Privacy Child Protection

Laws Safety of the

System and data storage

Efficiency Time Success Rate Satisfaction

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1. Scanner Technology has not yet been certified as fit by government.

2. They would be unlikely to detect many of the explosive devices used by terrorist groups.

3. Generally machines cant find items that are stashed in body cavity.

4. Leaders question about the safety and full guarantee for privacy of the passengers.

5. Protection of Children act 1978.

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A Hybrid method can be used.

Children can be inspected with a different approach.

Location of the monitoring terminals.

Blurring the Image.

Restricted and Secure storage of data.

Public views and opinions could be considered.

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Security on the airports is a big concern.

Privacy implications are very serious and genuine.

It has legal obstacles as regards Child Laws.

Sharp reaction from people.

Does not guarantee the success of motive.

The concerns must be tackled carefully to incorporate all the issues.

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1. http://thefrontline.v3.co.uk/2010/01/health-fears-al.html

2. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/01/06/5-reasons-body-scanners-might-not-solve-our-terrorism-problem/

3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jan/04/new-scanners-child-porn-laws

4. http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/“al-qaeda-practises-beating-body-scanners”

5. http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/backscatter

6. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/18/ehrc_body_scanners/

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