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Will any Australian Airport introduce the "virtual strip" full body scanner?

Settled as No, no airport will introduce the scanner

Not introduced by suspend date.

Background:

Background: A TRIAL of new security scanners that will subject travelers to a "virtual strip search" will start at Australian airports this month. The trial will take place at Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide airports from this month to the end of next month.

The X-ray technology, which is high energy and claimed to be harmless, allows screeners to detect non-metallic devices, objects and weapons concealed on a person's body, but also to see a person's organs and genitals.

"It provides detailed images of a person's body, in particular body shape, which many people might find highly embarrassing," says Stephen Blanks of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties.

Adelaide University civil liberties expert Allan Perry said the technology could breach people's privacy if used as a general measure for all passengers rather than those identified as a security risk.

"If this is done on a widespread basis without selectivity it certainly goes beyond an appropriate balance of personal privacy and security," he said. "Simply because something is being done for the purpose of security does not justify intrusive and invasive searches of people. If you said that everyone who wanted to board an aircraft would be physically strip-searched people would object. This is tantamount to the same thing."

To settle, at least one airport must announce the usage of the system in the future before suspension of this question, which is within one month after the trial period. If both the "general measure" and the "security risk" option apply, the "general measure" is the option to be settled.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,,24432963-5014090,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,24440099-5014090,00.html

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history %
Yes, as general measure for all passengers
2%
Yes, for passengers identified as a security risk
4%
No, no airport will introduce the scanner
95%
Settled as No, no airport will introduce the scanner on Tue 30th Dec 2008 8:45am PST

Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 7:59am PST
Settlement date: Tue 30th Dec 2008 8:45am PST

Initial likelihoods: Yes, as general measure for all passengers: 5%, Yes, for passengers identified as a security risk: 30%, No, no airport will introduce the scanner: 65%

Action history:

Created Mon 13th Oct 2008 1:01pm PST by kruijs[Power User]
Settled as 'No, no airport will introduce the scanner' Tue 30th Dec 2008 8:45am PST by tomg[Admin]: Not introduced by suspend date.

Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 7:59am PST
Settlement date: Tue 30th Dec 2008 8:45am PST details

 

Predictions (174)

46 weeks ago
thomismydad predicted No, no airport will introduce the scanner (H$5,000 at 91%)
46 weeks ago
aussieguy predicted No, no airport will introduce the scanner (H$100 at 86%)
46 weeks ago
mfriss predicted No, no airport will introduce the scanner (H$100 at 85%)
47 weeks ago
pixelpaws predicted No, no airport will introduce the scanner (H$100 at 85%)
47 weeks ago
dasundnc predicted Yes, as general measure for all passengers (H$20 at 4%)

Comments (11)

  1 kruijs[Power User]
BTW: The high-tech machines are already in use at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, which introduced them in May 2007 following a year-long trial at crew security checkpoints.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKTRE4961CO20081007
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au
posted 1 year ago
  2 tisha[Admin]
I was just going to ask whether these were the same as the ones at Schipol - I had the lovely experience of going through one, you have to stand in this cubicle with your arms up in the air and you feel like a right dork going through ...
posted 1 year ago
Maybe if they file you into two collums, one for males, one for females, then that would be less intrusive. And if your a transvestite..... stay off the plane.
posted 1 year ago
  4 randburg
And if you're a transvestite...you put half through each line! LOL.
posted 1 year ago
  5 nightwish
The war on sanity continues.
posted 1 year ago
  6 curios
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/security/aviation/techtrial/index.aspx
it is evidently used in some places in the USA ,Canada and Europe
posted 1 year ago
  7 kruijs[Power User]
@curios: duh! (see comment #1, #2)
posted 1 year ago
  8 kruijs[Power User]
"EU lawmakers have joined U.S. civil liberty campaigners in criticizing a new scanner technology that allows airport security staff to see through passengers' clothes, calling it a virtual strip search that should only be used as a last resort. (...) The new system, which the European Union plans to authorize at the bloc's airports, allows guards to see an outline of passengers' bodies beneath their clothes, making it easier to detect any concealed objects.
It already is being introduced in several U.S. airports and has been tested in other countries around the world, including EU nations such as Britain and the Netherlands. However, EU officials said it could face a ban if the 27-nation bloc does not include it in a new regulation listing acceptable airport security equipment.
(...) the technology should not be used routinely on passengers, but could be introduced when suspicions are raised."

http://www.pr-inside.com/eu-lawmakers-criticize-virtual-strip-r873008.htm
posted 1 year ago
I think that if they file you into two columns like i suggested earlier they would be met with a lot less criticism.
posted 1 year ago
  11 curios
@kruijs duh
posted 1 year ago

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