The new see thru xray should eliminate that in the future, the sooner the better.
I'm about to get kinda crude. If that sort of thing bothers anyone, hit "next" now.
The backscatter xray stuff doesn't penetrate skin. Judging from some of the pr0n out there,
a fairly decent sized cylindrical container could be smuggled aboard by either sex.
I don't want to start the TSA argument all over again. What I _am_ interested in is the following...
The vulnerability exists. No method, current or planned, screens for non-metallic items smuggled
aboard in this fashion. What would you have us do? Cavity searches?
If not, then why bother with intrusive "pat down" searches when they're so easy to defeat?
What purpose does it serve to touch someone in way that is humilating and embarassing when
the person behind them may well have 14 cubic inches of Bad Stuff hidden where no amount of
poking, patting, scanning or sniffing will detect?
(Yes, I'm aware this is right up to the line, and possibly over the line for this board. I apologize in
advance. OTOH, consider that while
we hesitate to even discuss this particular possiblity,
it does exist, and probably both the TSA and our potential enemies rely on us having these
cultural blind spots. Makes both of their jobs a lot easier. )
This isn't a troll... I'm honestly interested in what the pro-security members of the board think
about this.