Bad Call: Better Not Fly With Your Buttplug In Anymore

The TSA has just approved an X-ray device that will essentially allow screeners to see you in your birthday suit as you pass through security.

"The technology, called backscatter, has been around for several years but has not been widely used in the U.S. as an anti-terrorism tool because of privacy concerns.

The Transportation Security Administration said it has found a way to refine the machine's images so that the normally graphic pictures can be blurred in certain areas while still being effective in detecting bombs and other threats.

Some say the high-resolution images — which clearly depict the outline of the passenger's body, plus anything attached to it, such as jewelry — are too invasive.

But the TSA said the X-rays will be set up so that the image can be viewed only by a security officer in a remote location. Other passengers, and even the agent at the checkpoint, will not have access to the picture."

So now, some fat slob, most likey the schlub who used to get a chub when he patted you down, will have even more material to fuel his sick masturbatorial fantasies.

Also, can we talk about the name "backscatter?" Seriously? The name sounds like a device that should come with rubber sheets and an enema kit.

Phoenix airport to test X-ray screening [Yahoo! via The Randi Rhodes Show]

Travel
Airport Security