And then there's this: Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images

CNET ^ | August 4, 2010 | by Declan McCullagh

[US Navy Vet]

For the last few years, federal agencies have defended body scanning by insisting that all images will be discarded as soon as they're viewed. The Transportation Security Administration claimed last summer, for instance, that "scanned images cannot be stored or recorded."

Now it turns out that some police agencies are storing the controversial images after all. The U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that it had surreptitiously saved tens of thousands of images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse.

[US Navy Vet]

Big Sis the Pervert!

[DustyMoment]

And then there's this: Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images

And, this is a surprise to whom??

[silverleaf]

could be useful for checkin’ your BMI and reporting deviants to the food police someday

[edcoil]

LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!

Well heck, we cannot talk facts any longer with these people.

[Doulos1]

This is why I will never fly in commercial again!

[basil]

And people look at me strangely when I say I will never board another plane. I'm sure they don't have my image stored--LOL! I haven't been on a plane for several years now, but have made some wonderful car journeys across this great, beautiful land.

Being retired does have some perks--LOL!

[theBuckwheat]

If this was an evil corporation, our Attorney General would have a fist fight with Senator Schumer (D-NY) trying to be the first in front of the microphones to express our “outrage” at this outrage.

Since this outrage was perpetrated by government employees, who were, after all, just doing their jobs, we will have to study the issue and report back to you later. In the mean time, we will vigorously invoke sovereign immunity against any premature litigation.

[SandRat]

Are the Feds ‘Stringers’ for Hustler Magazine?

[listenhillary]

My last flight was in 2000. I would fly with a private pilot if I was given the chance.

[keep your powder dry]

http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/full-body-scanner-imposes-indecency-displaying-form-

and

http://chestertam.com/airport-body-scan-can-see-you-naked-pic/

[SJSAMPLE]

That’s why I always chub-up before passing through the machines.

[dalereed]

So what they don’t show a damn thing to start with!!!

[circlecity]

Good thing this could never happen to our medical records under Obamacare. They promised that would never happen.

[arthurus]

Of course they are saved. Government does not discard any data. Government often says that some datum has been "lost" or "destroyed" but that is absolutely not true, not since the advent of digital storage.

[centurion316]

I think that they are mixing apples and oranges here. Any machine is capable of storing images. Whether or not that capability is implemented depends on what the customer has specified. Using a report from the U.S. Marshals Service to refute a claim made by the Transportation Security Administration is a bit of a bait and switch. If the TSA made a public statement that their operational scanners in airports were not storing images and it turns out they are, then you have a story.

Also not clear what may be done for testing or limited use operations and what will be done once testing is complete. Every test that I have ever been involved with involved data collection, you have to collect just about every electron, or you are not going to be able to get someone to accept your test results.

[Pecos]

I feel SO much better now that you’ve pointed that out. /s

[SmartInsight]

Original article:

Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20012583-281.html

“The Transportation Security Administration claimed last summer, for instance, that “scanned images cannot be stored or recorded.”

an earlier disclosure (PDF) by the TSA that it requires all airport body scanners it purchases to be able to store and transmit images for “testing, training, and evaluation purposes.” The agency says, however, that those capabilities are not normally activated when the devices are installed at airports. “

NOTE: “not NORMALLY” activated — but obviousl can be and are just “not normally”, whatever that may mean.

[Sunshine Sister]

Same here. If I can’t drive myself there I don’t need to go!

[circlecity]

Because of this people will be afraid to disclose pertinent information to their doctors. Under Obamacare I would never tell my doctor if I thought I was suffering from depression. Or if my parents had a certain genetic medical condition or that I thought I needed help for a drug or alcohol problem. Many other things also. I guarantee that any prospective employer will be able to obtain your medical records for 100 bucks and a wink and a nod. I can already get almost any government record on anyone for that same 100 bucks. Attorneys routinely hire private investigators for just that reason. The attorney doesn’t ask the PI how he got the info, they just pay for it and use it.

[basil]

I would certainly fly with a private pilot—IF the plane was not too small. I also did one of those flights in a tiny plane out in CA. I promised God that if he got me down safely from that flight, I’d never get on a 2 seater plane again—LOL!