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TSA-Focused Rants Take Over the Entire Blawgosphere and Internet

By Bruce Carton

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As far as I can tell, the blawgosphere and the Internet in general are now almost exclusively reserved for complaining about and discussing the new security efforts being rolled out by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). It started with accounts and opinions of the new "back-scatter body imaging device," which allows the TSA to essentially X-ray and see under your clothing. The discussion then moved on to the new, highly-intrusive pat-down option available to people who opt-out of the back-scatter device, which is said to involve a search of one's "crotchal area" that does not end until the TSA officer "meets resistance" (wink wink) in that area. But that was last week. Now the blawgosphere and anyone else who knows how to tap on a keyboard is taking the issue to DEFCON 2. A group called We Won't Fly has labeled the back-scatter machines "porno scanners" and organized a National Opt Out Day for Nov. 24, 2010 (but be prepared for "screaming, intimidation and groping" when you opt out, they warn). Gizmodo is taking issue with TSA's claim that the images captured by the back-scatter machine are never saved by publishing 100 such images taken from a machine in Orlando,...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on November 17, 2010 (boomark / email).