{"id":2423,"date":"2012-07-14T00:28:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T05:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2012-07-14T00:28:34","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T05:28:34","slug":"security-theatre-bodyscanners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/07\/14\/security-theatre-bodyscanners","title":{"rendered":"security theatre: bodyscanners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I generally &#8220;opt-out&#8221; and head for a manual pat down by the TSA at airports in the USA. Today, I decided to try the bodyscanner at san francisco airport (SFO). I was tired from an active night of wine drinking &amp; mingling. I cleared all my pockets and proceeded to get scanned.<\/p>\n<p>Today I was wearing my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006AZUAYK\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B006AZUAYK\">Dockers Mobile Pants<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B006AZUAYK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. This is the older model with two zippered pockets. After spending some three seconds in that machine with my hands up, I walked out to see that the image suggested I had something on me. It turns out that it picked up my zips on the mobile pants and required me to get a manual pat down. To make matters even more fun, they swabbed my hands for residue.<\/p>\n<p>I told the TSA agent that the machine is broken and he said that its very sensitive and is working. It picks up zips. I asked what about the regular zip for my pants. He had no answer.<\/p>\n<p>I guess there&#8217;s absolutely no point in doing this bodyscanner thing at all. I&#8217;ll continue getting my manual pat downs and pretend to enjoy it. I don&#8217;t care if they <a href=\"http:\/\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/02\/29\/airport-scanners-are-safe-government-says\/\">claim its safe<\/a> either.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20security%20theatre%3A%20bodyscanners&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2012%2F07%2F14%2Fsecurity-theatre-bodyscanners&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. You may need to create a new email yourself.\" data-email-share-nonce=\"352d1e67d3\" data-email-share-track-url=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/07\/14\/security-theatre-bodyscanners?share=email\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2423\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/07\/14\/security-theatre-bodyscanners?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2423\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/07\/14\/security-theatre-bodyscanners?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2423\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/07\/14\/security-theatre-bodyscanners?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I generally &#8220;opt-out&#8221; and head for a manual pat down by the TSA at airports in the USA. Today, I decided to try the bodyscanner at san francisco airport (SFO). I was tired from an active night of wine drinking &amp; mingling. I cleared all my pockets and proceeded to get scanned. Today I was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20security%20theatre%3A%20bodyscanners&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2012%2F07%2F14%2Fsecurity-theatre-bodyscanners&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. You may need to create a new email yourself.\" data-email-share-nonce=\"352d1e67d3\" data-email-share-track-url=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/07\/14\/security-theatre-bodyscanners?share=email\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2423\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/07\/14\/security-theatre-bodyscanners?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2423\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/07\/14\/security-theatre-bodyscanners?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2423\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/07\/14\/security-theatre-bodyscanners?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1,59],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vJD-D5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":516,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/04\/17\/palm-embraces-linux-a-trip-down-memory-lane","url_meta":{"origin":2423,"position":0},"title":"Palm embraces Linux &#8211; a trip down memory lane","date":"17\/4\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"It is great to see that Palm is now embracing Linux. I however think that embracing Linux to be relevant again seems like a rather daft idea. Palm made great products. As someone that had a PDA when it was cool to own one (early 1998, Palm III), I have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2317,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/03\/04\/on-uniforms","url_meta":{"origin":2423,"position":1},"title":"On uniforms","date":"4\/3\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It is widely stated that the late Steve Jobs had a uniform: mock turtleneck, Levis jeans, and New Balance sneakers. He did this because he didn't want to think about what to wear daily and there was a sense of everyone being in a uniform. It didn't catch on at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1877,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2010\/11\/10\/opensource-like-android","url_meta":{"origin":2423,"position":2},"title":"Opensource like Android?","date":"10\/11\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This was a story I told quite regularly at OSCON earlier this year and I thought I would share it with everyone here. I have over the years mentioned that some things in the Linux world poise it to be \"the year of the Linux desktop\". Many people say these\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1341,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/02\/19\/maxis-broadband-rm99-mobile-unltimited-or-rm143-maxis-broadband","url_meta":{"origin":2423,"position":3},"title":"Maxis Broadband: RM99 mobile unltimited or RM143 Maxis Broadband?","date":"19\/2\/2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The fun with Maxis Broadband continues. I last wrote about the real story behind Maxis Broadband, which apparently is quite a favourite amongst Google searches. Today, @hantu asks on Twitter: $99 mobile unlimited or $138 maxis broadband?. Lets delve into this a little deeper. I have the RM99 mobile unlimited\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2658,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2013\/02\/28\/emagine-mini-wireless-keyboard","url_meta":{"origin":2423,"position":4},"title":"EMAGINE mini wireless keyboard","date":"28\/2\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I was at the launch of EMAGINE yesterday, and all of us walked away with a door gift: an EMAGINE mini wireless keyboard. \u00a0 When I first saw it I thought it would be a Bluetooth wireless keyboard (potentially handy for a tablet). Sadly, I notice that you need to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Tech&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8230\/8516688685_f20cc1f742_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":321,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2005\/06\/23\/red-hat-the-catholic-church-of-all-distributions","url_meta":{"origin":2423,"position":5},"title":"Red Hat, the Catholic Church of all Distributions","date":"23\/6\/2005","format":false,"excerpt":"So m-commerce must've really taken off. Today, I made a purchase from a WAP site on my mobile, using my credit card details, and then having an item I ordered delivered. All without a computer, mind you. I started jhbuilding GNOME again. On a fairly standard FC-4 system (workstation install),\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423\/revisions\/2425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}