The Drudge Report has an image of a woman from an airport scanner up right now. It’s scandalous enough as is, but it’s shockingly easy to make it look even more like a normal nude photograph.
Reader Sigfried discovered that by simply inverting the image in Photoshop, you restore the photo to a more realistic tint. Of course, we’re not sure where this image came from or if it’s an accurate example of what these machines produce. But if so, let me just deliver a message to all you airport security workers out there: I just got out of a cold pool, I swear.
If these whole-body scanners are implemented, how many celeb pictures are mysteriously going to show up on the web? Oh, and if you’re interested in the non-censured photo, click here.
Update: a commenter, Two to the head, gives a great idea:
Hey, they could FUND the TSA by selling nude photos to TMZ. Save tax dollars for more important things like highways to nowhere.
If you don’t want someone to see your junk, don’t go out in public.
Wouldn’t it be cool if being a member of Congress required you to post hi-res nude pics of yourself to an open website? Might create a little humility in those assholes.
Test:
#38. What was pent up, and to what degree?
All others: What part of the headline were you NOT responding to?
In the future, all atoms, molecules and life forms allowed to fly will be accounted for.
#42 Buzz – not sure what your asking? Thought i would give a detailed reason as to why i object against the t-ray scanner. Don’t disagree with the pic being fake, but did post 2 images in my post that were not fake and far more provoking.
hhopper: apologies, sir.
I would rather sit on a plane with 200 naked Muslims than one clothed with a bomb in his crotch.
This scanner stuff is the best thing to ever happen. It annoys the superstitious set, of all superstitions and it pisses off the ACLU.
The scanners aren’t supposed to be connected to anything that could relay the image. So it this were a real scan. It would be a test image that was recorded for training or scanner sales demonstration. Not from any airport scanners in use. And the near total absence of any blouse ir bra buttons, seems, etc, makes me think it is a fake. She would have to be wearing a paper top, (or NOTHING) for no traces to show. So I suspect the “jeans” outlines and belt buckle were faked. And the photo faker forgot the blouse outlines.
I’m sure this anti-scanner propaganda is mainly being fueled by the Airports lobby. Who don’t want to pay to install them everywhere. I object to them for a different reason. They wouldn’t have seen the crotch bomb. It still shows more visual information that is necessary. Operators have to ignore too much detail, to see something hinky. And not all operators will be skilled enough, to detect more obvious devices. Training is usually last, when it comes to budgeting. Basically, it’s overkill. And moves us further down the slippery slope of being a police state nation.
Less techie explosive chemical and metal detectors, would be all that’s needed. But wouldn’t command as high a price tag. Nor provide as much Security Theater. I shudder to think this could be getting us use to much worse, in the future.
Point is:
Do you really want your mother or grandmother forced to submit to this?