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backscatter part 2
« on: August 26, 2010, 10:59:34 AM »
http://www.physorg.com/news201454875.html

scanning bone structure looking for pedophiles etc at theme parks and such
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Re: backscatter part 2
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2010, 11:00:58 AM »

That is so wrong it is not even funny.  That they had the friggin nerve to argue "for the children" means they KNOW they're doing something wrong.
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Re: backscatter part 2
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2010, 12:06:44 PM »
Mission creep. "it's for the children" will soon turn into "officer safety". Those 2 phrases are so abused.
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Re: backscatter part 2
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2010, 12:56:27 PM »
So you get scanned once for little or no reason. Then you can be scanned in the future if you're attending a Tea Party rally (assuming they have them in the future) or for any other reason our leaders deem appropriate.

It's not all that far-fetched when you consider that Pelosi wants to investigate the funding of those opposed to the Ground Zero Mosque, or considering the scrutiny and outright lies that Tea Party activists have had to endure.
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Re: backscatter part 2
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2010, 01:10:09 PM »
Quote from: Battle Monkey of Zardoz on August 26, 2010, 12:06:44 PM
Mission creep. "it's for the children" will soon turn into "officer safety". Those 2 phrases are so abused.

Agreed.  I use to work for a large urban school district and it was a race to see who could put "it's for the children" into their argument, because after that if you were against it you were looked like a total idiot.
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Re: backscatter part 2
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2010, 07:41:06 PM »
Actually, I'm starting to think that a big EMP or solar radiation storm that sent technology back to the 1850s wouldn't be so bad ...  =|
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Re: backscatter part 2
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2010, 01:46:42 AM »
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The idea was born when a Wright State University scientist went online as his young daughters were preparing to go trick-or-treating and discovered that convicted sex offenders were living in his neighborhood. What if there was a way to positively identify sex offenders as they arrived at theme parks and other venues populated by young children? Better yet, the scientist wondered, what if there was a way to recognize terrorists in disguise at airports or U.S. ports of entry?

If only people had unique facial features.
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Re: backscatter part 2
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2010, 01:58:55 AM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on August 27, 2010, 01:46:42 AM
If only people had unique facial features.

"They" all look alike to me...
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Re: backscatter part 2
« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2010, 12:30:30 PM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on August 27, 2010, 01:46:42 AM
If only people had unique facial features.

That would be profiling.
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Re: backscatter part 2
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2010, 03:41:24 PM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on August 27, 2010, 01:46:42 AM
If only people had unique facial features.

:lol:

Edit for actual response:
This is awful.  We are seeing a HUGE trend toward the destruction of any previously inviolable(due to the absence of technology, not Constitutional guarantee) privacy rights.  It's right there in the article - taking a fingerprint is intrusive, but scanning from afar doesn't hurt, or take time, or inconvenience the subject at all - in fact, HE MAY NEVER KNOW IT HAPPENED.  Does that bother anyone else?

I want this technology contained.  The potential for abuse is too great and the temptation WILL not be ignored.  If people don't speak up, we'll be seeing these things mounted on cop cars soon.  Maybe they'll use emplaced units on the freeways like the photo-radar units we had here - you know, "just in case" of an amber alert or fleeing criminal. :rolleyes:
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