{"id":394,"date":"2010-02-13T22:30:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-13T11:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=394"},"modified":"2010-11-12T21:06:31","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T10:06:31","slug":"full-body-scanners-are-you-concerned-about-your-health-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/full-body-scanners-are-you-concerned-about-your-health-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Body Scanners \u2013 Are You Concerned About Your Health & Privacy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recurring topic that has appeared in the news the last few weeks has been about the use of full body scanners at Australian airports. In particular, this ZDNet article<\/a> echoes previous concerns about privacy and how the naked images of those who are scanned could be redistributed.<\/p>\n

A good example highlighting such a misuse of these images was highlighted in an article by The Age<\/a> detailing how Shahrukh Khan (a Bollywood actor) was greeted by female security officers wanting him to autograph his scanned image. Granted, this occurred at a British airport and not in Australia but it clearly demonstrates how this technology could be misused.<\/p>\n

Now, I’m not the most fit guy you’ve seen (I’m not hopeless but I’m not the best either) but I’d certainly be conscious of allowing personal information (specifically a scanned image of my body) being in the care (temporary, mid-term or long-term) care of others. Sure, businesses have other sensitive information such as credit card numbers and date of birth but for some reason I feel differently about scans of my body. I even object to things such as being fingerprinted to the point that I refuse to visit the USA (or other places that make it a requirement in order to enter the country).<\/p>\n

The next issue to consider is the specifications of the radiation emitted by these machines<\/a>. Admittedly, there is electromagnetic radiation everywhere we go, for instance:<\/p>\n