New TSA Scanners

From USA Today:
"TSA says it's making airport screening more 'private'"

The Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday that it has begun installing software to give passengers more privacy when they're screened by some of the full-body scanning machines at airport checkpoints. The TSA says the software for millimeter-wave body-scanning machines, which use electromagnetic waves to screen passengers, replaces a passenger's image with a generic one that will still expose any dangerous items that could be hidden. It also says that the software's automatic detection capability eliminates the need for a TSA agent to look at a passenger's image in a viewing room. Many fliers have objected to having their "naked" images viewed by TSA personnel. "This software upgrade enables us to continue providing a high level of security through advanced imaging technology screening, while improving the passenger experience at checkpoints," TSA Administrator John Pistole said Wednesday. The TSA says it expects all 241 millimeter-wave machines at 40 U.S. airports to be upgraded by the end of the year.

^ It's about time. This technology has been around and used - in Amsterdam. I guess the TSA really came under fire from passengers and are finally listening to us. ^

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011/07/TSA-says-its-making-airport-screening-more-private/49540660/1