Well in another overreaction to security, it seems Manchester Airport has bitten the bullet, and has announced that All passengers flying out of Manchester Airport will have to pass through body scanners by the end of October, through all three terminal security areas, making it compulsory for all travellers.
Manchester Airport quotes “most people now preferred the scanners than the full body pat down.”. There will be no option for a pat down instead, citing scans taking 25 seconds vs a 2 minute pat down, with95% of travellers prefer the scanners and queuing times have been radically reduced
Manchester airport accepts Nude-o-Scopes are like playing with a privacy fire stating
“We knew that the technology was controversial which is why we embarked on a trial”
“We fully respect that a small number of people have reservations about body scanners on privacy or medical grounds, but we have gone to great lengths to ensure the highest levels of privacy protection and expert studies have shown that the technology is safe.”
The sheep known as The UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) in September confirmed that the technology is medically safe as the exposure levels are so small. This is ignorance to a request from university based in Columbia-based university calling for more research.
Well I know which airport in the UK I’ll be avoiding alas. And it was such a nice airport too…
Should you wish to object they have a Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/manairport
And yes, I still feel it is an invasion of my privacy, and prefer the US model of a full pat down if you wish to refuse the scanner.
Of course, anything in the name of security, and security theatre.
*Update. See the update above – it’s still a secondary scanning device*
