Nov
29
![“[Y]our work and liberty have little value.”
—@mazzie](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcnuobBdP51qa1eqmo1_400.png)
“[Y]our work and liberty have little value.”
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“Exactly two things have made airplane travel safer since 9/11: reinforcing the cockpit door, and convincing passengers they need to fight back. Everything else has been a waste of money. Add screening of checked bags and airport workers and we’re done. Take all the rest of the money and spend it on investigation and intelligence.”
Truth.
My Helical Tryst: Review of the TSA X-ray backscatter body scanner safety report: hide your kids, hide your wife
I think its important to consider the type of radiation used in these scanners, which the TSA has described as ‘soft’ and ‘safe’.
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According to the TSA safety documents, AIT uses an 50 keV source that emits a broad spectra (see adjacent graph from here). Essentially, this means that the X-ray source used in the Rapiscan system is the same as those used for mammograms and some dental X-rays, and uses BOTH ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ X-rays. Its very disturbing that the TSA has been misleading on this point. Here is the real catch: the softer the X-ray, the more its absorbed by the body, and the higher the biologically relevant dose! This means, that this radiation is potentially worse than an a higher energy medical chest X-ray.
Nov
26
Tom the Dancing Bug: A Security Issue at the Office - Boing Boing
Isn’t there a better way to approach security than simply reacting very specifically to the last incident?
