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Feds cop to airport scanner porn
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) on Aug 5th 2010 at 11:00AM
The feds are keeping an archive of under-the-flesh security shots. Though the TSA has said in the past that airport body scans can't be stored or recorded, some agencies are now revealing archives of the revealing. Well, that isn't true after all, according to CNET:
Now it turns out that some police agencies are storing the controversial images after all. The U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that it had surreptitiously saved tens of thousands of images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse.
The TSA, it seems, requires all airport body scanners to be able to store images and transmit them – strange for a device that is supposed to do neither for "testing, training, and evaluation purposes." Don't worry, though. The TSA says these capabilities aren't "normally activated when the devices are installed at airports," reports CNET.
Translation: "Trust us. We could do something bad ... but we won't."
So, next time you fly and fear that images of your privates may end up being stored somewhere, consider sticking some "Flying Pasties" to your unmentionables.
So, how much security porn has been accumulated? According to William Bordley, associate general counsel with the U.S. Marshals Service says: 35,314 images in an Orlando, Florida courthouse. The device can store up to 40,000 images.
Relax, says the TSA. It' Constitutional:
"The program is designed to respect individual sensibilities regarding privacy, modesty and personal autonomy to the maximum extent possible, while still performing its crucial function of protecting all members of the public from potentially catastrophic events."
What are "individual sensibilities"? I think I'll go with Justice Potter Stewart on this one: I know it when I see it.
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Gadling is the world's top travel blog, written and edited by passionate travelers and writers. Covering fun, interesting, and relevant travel, Gadling is the premiere source for everything from general travel news to highly specific travel tips, from budget travel to adventure travel -- and for everything in between.
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THE NAKED TRUTH
Who’s up for Flying Pasties
Ann Wallace
17 AUG 2010: Call me naïve if you must. I can take it. But until last week I thought a pastie was a pastry turnover filled with meat and vegetables, a speciality of England’s west country, especially Cornwall. Not necessarily so, I now learn.
Pasties are, apparently, also adhesive patches used to conceal a woman's ‘naughty bits’ and worn principally by exotic dancers or striptease performers.
“So what bearing does this revelation have on the tourist industry?” you may well ask. And it’s important we all know the answer … just in case you come across some pasties in grandma's house and think she’s either gone crazy or leads a saucy double life. Far from it, in fact. Because pasties are now being marketed to the modest.
Yes, if you are nervous about airport full-body scanners revealing your private parts you can now invest in some pasties … one for him, three for her, of course.
They are being marketing by a Las Vegas-based company (no surprise there) called Flying Pasties Inc. And I think I’m a little late with this news, because if you enter ‘flying pasties’ in your search engine you will see that they have already been well exploited by American chat show hosts, various blogs and even the American Pilot’s Organization. And in case you don’t know how to use them (where to put them?!) there’s a ‘product demo’, complete with well-endowed blonde model of course, on YouTube.
From the product’s website we learn that the pasties can be worn inside undergarments, or applied with an adhesive hook inside or outside clothing. OUTSIDE? Wow … that’s a fashion statement I can’t imagine being popular, but these days you never know!
There’s more to be gleaned from the website. The pasties (thick rubber, by the way, which, apparently the scanners can’t see through) are bright orange and the generic version has the word PRIVATE printed across each of them. Other slogans are on their way, including ONLY MY HUSBAND SEES ME NAKED and ONLY MY WIFE SEES ME NAKED.
(As an aside, I can just imagine the hilarity these would cause in your average European spa!)
But let’s be serious now. These full-body scanners are causing disquiet and not only amongst the modest. One of the issues is whether or not the images are stored. Although the US Department of Transport Security Administration (TSA) has said in the past that airport body scans can't be stored or recorded, it is becoming apparent that is not true.
The TSA, it seems, requires all airport body scanners to be able to store images and transmit them for "testing, training, and evaluation purposes”.
Another concern is about potential health risks. At O’Hare recently, a Dr Liliana Gaynor, an infertility expert, asked the screener how much radiation she would be exposed to in the scanner. The screener’s vague response was that it was the same as few minutes of sunshine, but when Dr Gaynor pressed for the actual number of radiation units the screener could not answer and Dr Gaynor opted for a pat down.
Investigating further, it appears the US Federal Drug Administration and other agencies claim the devices are safe, even for pregnant women. The dose from the X-ray machines amounts to less than 10 microREM of radiation emission, which TSA says is the equivalent to the exposure each person receives in about two minutes of airplane flight at altitude.
A different type of body scanner in use at some airports, called millimeter wave technology, it bounces electromagnetic waves off the body to create a black and white three-dimensional image. The energy projected by millimeter wave technology is 10,000 times less than a cell phone transmission, TSA says.
But for those who remain concerned, TSA says it anticipates making the machines permanently optional, letting travellers choose between a body scan or pat-down by hand.
At most US airports, TSA has scanners in some lanes and traditional walk-through metal detectors in others. You can try to pick a lane with a metal detector if you pay attention. If you end up in a body-scan line, you can refuse to undergo the scan, but that will result in a full-body pat-down.
Can a female passenger request that a female observe the body scan (and vice versa for men)? you may be wondering. Apparently not. You should also be aware that while in the scanner you will be separated, albeit briefly, from your possessions on the X-ray belt, so valuables should be placed out of view in your carry-on bag. Another piece of advice … you will be asked to remove your belt before entering the scanner, and once inside you will be asked to raise you arms. Make sure your pants can stay up without a belt.
Body scanners are being installed in airports around the world as I write and lists are available on-line. And if you want a set of pasties, they can be ordered via www.flyingpasties.com. It’s up to you, of course, but please think seriously before you wear them outside your clothing.
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Air security too intrusive? Try Flying Pasties
By: Ron Pradinuk /Ask Journeys
Under the category of 'What will they think of next?' this one was tough to see through.
Flying pasties! For a guy who spends half his life searching new travel products, this one was a surprise to me.
For those whose modesty is such that they don't want anyone to see them naked, including the people behind those new complete body scanners being installed in airports around the world, American free enterprise has come up with a barebones solution.
Q. I have never liked the fact that some stranger behind a screen somewhere can view 'all of me' each time I pass through an airport body scanner. I heard there was some sort of protective device to stop the screeners from 'seeing everything.' Is that correct?
A. Welcome to the new world of travel in the 21st century. The solution for your ultimate modesty is a recently introduced product called Flying Pasties.
The creators of the product say air travellers can have adequate protection from intrusive full body scanners while not interfering with airline security.
The naked truth is that now you can protect your private areas from the intrusive eyes of those guys in the other room who, it has now been proven, have retained images they were bound not to store.
This information created a significant media response when it was first found out. Since then, a tighter clampdown on the scanners has been promised, but many still wonder whether the process can be trusted completely.
In the future, body scanning equipment may be introduced to sports arenas and even large beverage establishments that have worked hard to keep weapons out of bars and nightclubs.
With the growth of the body scanning industry, this product may have a future.
The pasties, designed for women or men, are available online at www.flyingpasties.com
If size matters, so far as I can see, at the present time it is a one-size-fits-all product. But who knows, increased demand may change that.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition August 28, 2010 E2
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Flying Pasties – Avoiding the airport peepshow by Julie - on December 5th, 2010
The hot topic of the day appears to be the intrusive TSA body scans. It seems everywhere I go, it’s what everybody is talking about. No doubt it seems in contrast to our 4th amendment rights, but is it keeping us safe? Who knows?
Well, I for one, have only been naked in front of my husband and 50 of my closest friends, and I don’t relish the idea of being “scanned” regardless of what wonderful vacation I might be embarking on.
Enter, Flying Pasties! Already available are the 2nd generation of privacy “stickers” for both men and women, scientifically proven to block radiation and keep your naughty bits invisible, some offer cute sayings, like, Objects are larger than they appear and others are a little more aggressive, by offering the person scanning you a middle finger salute.
Flying Pasties are reusable and can be worn applied directly to your skin or with an included hook, outside your underwear.
It’s hard to tell, at present, just how items like this will be received by the TSA, and I suppose it may require you to go from the scanner to a pat down, but I guess I really need to feel like I have some kind of control over my naked body… If I didn’t, I’d just go back to college.
Full sets of reusable pasties are available for around $45.00 from www.flyingpasties.com
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Airport Security Style
by What2WearWhere (via Girls Guide to Paris)
Traveling this holiday season and wondering what to wear in the airport security line? Pat-down or body scan? The choice is all yours, but the trick is to be stylish yet comfortable, ready to kick off your shoes at a moment’s notice. These gray Tory Burch pumps have a good heel and go wonderfully with these J.Crew slim pants. Just grab a simple cardigan and scarf or wrap, plus a roomy bag to complete your look.
Feeling modest? Try Flying Pasties, which protect your privacy no matter how high-tech the scanners are! Though the airport security line will always remain a bore, if you know what to wear, the whole process might go just a little bit more smoothly.
–Gadling.com
–travelindustrytoday.com
–Winnipeg Free Press
–Coolest-Gadgets.com
–Girls Guide To Paris
FLYING PASTIES IS RECOMMENDED BY GADLING.COM
Feds cop to airport scanner porn
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) on Aug 5th 2010 at 11:00AM
The feds are keeping an archive of under-the-flesh security shots. Though the TSA has said in the past that airport body scans can't be stored or recorded, some agencies are now revealing archives of the revealing. Well, that isn't true after all, according to CNET:
Now it turns out that some police agencies are storing the controversial images after all. The U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that it had surreptitiously saved tens of thousands of images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse.
The TSA, it seems, requires all airport body scanners to be able to store images and transmit them – strange for a device that is supposed to do neither for "testing, training, and evaluation purposes." Don't worry, though. The TSA says these capabilities aren't "normally activated when the devices are installed at airports," reports CNET.
Translation: "Trust us. We could do something bad ... but we won't."
So, next time you fly and fear that images of your privates may end up being stored somewhere, consider sticking some "Flying Pasties" to your unmentionables.
So, how much security porn has been accumulated? According to William Bordley, associate general counsel with the U.S. Marshals Service says: 35,314 images in an Orlando, Florida courthouse. The device can store up to 40,000 images.
Relax, says the TSA. It' Constitutional:
"The program is designed to respect individual sensibilities regarding privacy, modesty and personal autonomy to the maximum extent possible, while still performing its crucial function of protecting all members of the public from potentially catastrophic events."
What are "individual sensibilities"? I think I'll go with Justice Potter Stewart on this one: I know it when I see it.
##
Gadling is the world's top travel blog, written and edited by passionate travelers and writers. Covering fun, interesting, and relevant travel, Gadling is the premiere source for everything from general travel news to highly specific travel tips, from budget travel to adventure travel -- and for everything in between.
-----------------------
RECOMMENDED BY travelindustrytoday.com
THE NAKED TRUTH
Who’s up for Flying Pasties
Ann Wallace
17 AUG 2010: Call me naïve if you must. I can take it. But until last week I thought a pastie was a pastry turnover filled with meat and vegetables, a speciality of England’s west country, especially Cornwall. Not necessarily so, I now learn.
Pasties are, apparently, also adhesive patches used to conceal a woman's ‘naughty bits’ and worn principally by exotic dancers or striptease performers.
“So what bearing does this revelation have on the tourist industry?” you may well ask. And it’s important we all know the answer … just in case you come across some pasties in grandma's house and think she’s either gone crazy or leads a saucy double life. Far from it, in fact. Because pasties are now being marketed to the modest.
Yes, if you are nervous about airport full-body scanners revealing your private parts you can now invest in some pasties … one for him, three for her, of course.
They are being marketing by a Las Vegas-based company (no surprise there) called Flying Pasties Inc. And I think I’m a little late with this news, because if you enter ‘flying pasties’ in your search engine you will see that they have already been well exploited by American chat show hosts, various blogs and even the American Pilot’s Organization. And in case you don’t know how to use them (where to put them?!) there’s a ‘product demo’, complete with well-endowed blonde model of course, on YouTube.
From the product’s website we learn that the pasties can be worn inside undergarments, or applied with an adhesive hook inside or outside clothing. OUTSIDE? Wow … that’s a fashion statement I can’t imagine being popular, but these days you never know!
There’s more to be gleaned from the website. The pasties (thick rubber, by the way, which, apparently the scanners can’t see through) are bright orange and the generic version has the word PRIVATE printed across each of them. Other slogans are on their way, including ONLY MY HUSBAND SEES ME NAKED and ONLY MY WIFE SEES ME NAKED.
(As an aside, I can just imagine the hilarity these would cause in your average European spa!)
But let’s be serious now. These full-body scanners are causing disquiet and not only amongst the modest. One of the issues is whether or not the images are stored. Although the US Department of Transport Security Administration (TSA) has said in the past that airport body scans can't be stored or recorded, it is becoming apparent that is not true.
The TSA, it seems, requires all airport body scanners to be able to store images and transmit them for "testing, training, and evaluation purposes”.
Another concern is about potential health risks. At O’Hare recently, a Dr Liliana Gaynor, an infertility expert, asked the screener how much radiation she would be exposed to in the scanner. The screener’s vague response was that it was the same as few minutes of sunshine, but when Dr Gaynor pressed for the actual number of radiation units the screener could not answer and Dr Gaynor opted for a pat down.
Investigating further, it appears the US Federal Drug Administration and other agencies claim the devices are safe, even for pregnant women. The dose from the X-ray machines amounts to less than 10 microREM of radiation emission, which TSA says is the equivalent to the exposure each person receives in about two minutes of airplane flight at altitude.
A different type of body scanner in use at some airports, called millimeter wave technology, it bounces electromagnetic waves off the body to create a black and white three-dimensional image. The energy projected by millimeter wave technology is 10,000 times less than a cell phone transmission, TSA says.
But for those who remain concerned, TSA says it anticipates making the machines permanently optional, letting travellers choose between a body scan or pat-down by hand.
At most US airports, TSA has scanners in some lanes and traditional walk-through metal detectors in others. You can try to pick a lane with a metal detector if you pay attention. If you end up in a body-scan line, you can refuse to undergo the scan, but that will result in a full-body pat-down.
Can a female passenger request that a female observe the body scan (and vice versa for men)? you may be wondering. Apparently not. You should also be aware that while in the scanner you will be separated, albeit briefly, from your possessions on the X-ray belt, so valuables should be placed out of view in your carry-on bag. Another piece of advice … you will be asked to remove your belt before entering the scanner, and once inside you will be asked to raise you arms. Make sure your pants can stay up without a belt.
Body scanners are being installed in airports around the world as I write and lists are available on-line. And if you want a set of pasties, they can be ordered via www.flyingpasties.com. It’s up to you, of course, but please think seriously before you wear them outside your clothing.
-----------
Air security too intrusive? Try Flying Pasties
By: Ron Pradinuk /Ask Journeys
Under the category of 'What will they think of next?' this one was tough to see through.
Flying pasties! For a guy who spends half his life searching new travel products, this one was a surprise to me.
For those whose modesty is such that they don't want anyone to see them naked, including the people behind those new complete body scanners being installed in airports around the world, American free enterprise has come up with a barebones solution.
Q. I have never liked the fact that some stranger behind a screen somewhere can view 'all of me' each time I pass through an airport body scanner. I heard there was some sort of protective device to stop the screeners from 'seeing everything.' Is that correct?
A. Welcome to the new world of travel in the 21st century. The solution for your ultimate modesty is a recently introduced product called Flying Pasties.
The creators of the product say air travellers can have adequate protection from intrusive full body scanners while not interfering with airline security.
The naked truth is that now you can protect your private areas from the intrusive eyes of those guys in the other room who, it has now been proven, have retained images they were bound not to store.
This information created a significant media response when it was first found out. Since then, a tighter clampdown on the scanners has been promised, but many still wonder whether the process can be trusted completely.
In the future, body scanning equipment may be introduced to sports arenas and even large beverage establishments that have worked hard to keep weapons out of bars and nightclubs.
With the growth of the body scanning industry, this product may have a future.
The pasties, designed for women or men, are available online at www.flyingpasties.com
If size matters, so far as I can see, at the present time it is a one-size-fits-all product. But who knows, increased demand may change that.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition August 28, 2010 E2
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Flying Pasties – Avoiding the airport peepshow by Julie - on December 5th, 2010
The hot topic of the day appears to be the intrusive TSA body scans. It seems everywhere I go, it’s what everybody is talking about. No doubt it seems in contrast to our 4th amendment rights, but is it keeping us safe? Who knows?
Well, I for one, have only been naked in front of my husband and 50 of my closest friends, and I don’t relish the idea of being “scanned” regardless of what wonderful vacation I might be embarking on.
Enter, Flying Pasties! Already available are the 2nd generation of privacy “stickers” for both men and women, scientifically proven to block radiation and keep your naughty bits invisible, some offer cute sayings, like, Objects are larger than they appear and others are a little more aggressive, by offering the person scanning you a middle finger salute.
Flying Pasties are reusable and can be worn applied directly to your skin or with an included hook, outside your underwear.
It’s hard to tell, at present, just how items like this will be received by the TSA, and I suppose it may require you to go from the scanner to a pat down, but I guess I really need to feel like I have some kind of control over my naked body… If I didn’t, I’d just go back to college.
Full sets of reusable pasties are available for around $45.00 from www.flyingpasties.com
-----------
Airport Security Style
by What2WearWhere (via Girls Guide to Paris)
Traveling this holiday season and wondering what to wear in the airport security line? Pat-down or body scan? The choice is all yours, but the trick is to be stylish yet comfortable, ready to kick off your shoes at a moment’s notice. These gray Tory Burch pumps have a good heel and go wonderfully with these J.Crew slim pants. Just grab a simple cardigan and scarf or wrap, plus a roomy bag to complete your look.
Feeling modest? Try Flying Pasties, which protect your privacy no matter how high-tech the scanners are! Though the airport security line will always remain a bore, if you know what to wear, the whole process might go just a little bit more smoothly.
