Germany:Body Scanner useless
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By Cory Doctorow at 5:25 am Friday, Aug 5 Bruce Schneier rounds up a series of links about problems with airport full-body "pornoscanners." The German police call them "useless" (35 percent of fliers repeatedly set them off, though they weren't carrying anything dangerous), some scanners are set off by sweaty armpits, and the European Parliament requires EU aviation authorities to allow you to opt out of full body scans (both UK and Dutch airports have a "get scanned or don't fly" requirement for people pulled for full-body scans).
German cops call airport full-body pornoscanners “useless,” EU requires opt out from scanning – Boing Boing
AFP: Airport body scanners useless: German police
BERLIN — Body scanners being tested at Germany's Hamburg airport have had a thumbs down from the police, who say they trigger an alarm unnecessarily in seven out of 10 cases, a newspaper said Saturday.
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on Security: German Police Call Airport Full-Body Scanners Useless
The weekly Welt am Sonntag, quoting a police report, said 35 percent of the 730,000 passengers checked by the scanners set off the alarm more than once despite being innocent.