Body scanners in Los Angeles

Body scanners will be used on the Los Angeles subway to screen passengers for explosives and weapons, the local transport authority has announced.

 

It is the first mass transport system in the US to adopt the technology.

 

Portable scanners will be used to screen passengers as they enter stations, without them having to pass through a security checkpoint.

 

Authorities said the screening would be "voluntary", but those refusing a scan will not be allowed to travel.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/technology-45222815

So it's not really voluntary then is it? If you refuse a scan you can't use the transport?

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/technology-45222815

 

So it's not really voluntary then is it? If you refuse a scan you can't use the transport?

good idea it should be brought in everywhere!

good idea it should be brought in everywhere!

Yeah, I don't see why anyone would have an issue with it.

It doesn't emit any radiation, it just reads body heat.

Yeah, I don't see why anyone would have an issue with it.

It doesn't emit any radiation, it just reads body heat.

hold on the civil rights lot will be along shortly:roll:

it just reads body heat.

So it can be defeated by carrying stuff in a bag.

It looks like security theatre to me.

George Orwell 1984 - by design

So it can be defeated by carrying stuff in a bag.

 

It looks like security theatre to me.

The ones in LA are trying to find weapons and "devices" hidden on peoples bodies, don't think it would pick up a rucksack bomb, unless it's giving off heat

The ones in LA are trying to find weapons and "devices" hidden on peoples bodies, don't think it would pick up a rucksack bomb, unless it's giving off heat

That's my point - someone could just carry the thing they're trying to hide in a bag.

good idea it should be brought in everywhere!

Everywhere? Your front door, to check what you're carrying when you leave the house?

good idea it should be brought in everywhere!

they don't work. The Israelis took one look - well, more than look, obviously - at them and said they were rubbish and worse than useless because they impart a false sense of security. They weren't buying them and haven't introduced them in Tel Aviv where the security is by a considerable distance, the best in the world.

hold on the civil rights lot will be along shortly:roll:

Yes because civil rights are such a terrible thing.

As has been said in another post, these things are just a PR exercise to give an impression of safety, like the taking of bottles of water from people at airports.

A public airport security check is the last place any serious terrorist would be anywhere near if they wanted to smuggle anything onto a plane.

Everywhere? Your front door, to check what you're carrying when you leave the house?

obviously airports, train stations , shopping malls, large sport's arenas, anywhere thats considered a risk, cant see a problem:huh:

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they don't work. The Israelis took one look - well, more than look, obviously - at them and said they were rubbish and worse than useless because they impart a false sense of security. They weren't buying them and haven't introduced them in Tel Aviv where the security is by a considerable distance, the best in the world.

ah another keyboard security expert:hihi:

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Yes because civil rights are such a terrible thing.

 

As has been said in another post, these things are just a PR exercise to give an impression of safety, like the taking of bottles of water from people at airports.

 

A public airport security check is the last place any serious terrorist would be anywhere near if they wanted to smuggle anything onto a plane.

ah ha heres one now, control of rights is a good thing to some extent as it stops idiots standing up for something to be anti establishment etc?

another keyboard security expert:wave: