(Article: http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/18/travel/tsa-body-scanners/index.html?hpt=us_c2)
The TSA’s decision to remove graphic body scanners is
wonderful. That decision shows
that it is putting privacy concerns at the forefront of its attention by
showing that both it and many others care about our privacy while maintaining
our safety. I think that having a
generic non-discriminatory image appear on the scanner instead of someone’s
actual image is much more private, and I believe most people would agree with
me. I do believe that technology
is the highest form of stopping possible terrorists, but it’s exactly that,
just possible. The fact of the
matter is that there are body scanners that scan with the precision of, well
for a lack of better words, a really good body scanner, and having these
machines is going a little overboard.
I only wish the TSA could take these machines out sooner. Unfortunately, the task of removing
these anti-privacy scanners is projected to be complete in June, so for now
those machines are still out there. If there was any way to speed up the process or to have come
to this decision quicker that would have been great, but what’s done is done
and, thank you God, it’s for the better not the worse.
I completely agree with your view of this as an improvement of privacy without hindering the effectiveness of body scanners. It's great that our privacy and our security can both remain intact. It actually sort of bothers me that the idea of preserving privacy was not considered earlier. I realize that safety is key but it just seems like common sense to create a scanner that does not intrude on personal privacy.
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