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Monday, January 11, 2010

The TSA Might Take Your Next Facebook Profile Picture

Having just spent some quality time with the TSA, this doesn't make me terribly comfortable:
A privacy group says the Transportation Security Administration is misleading the public with claims that full-body scanners at airports cannot store or send their graphic images.

The TSA specified in 2008 documents that the machines must have image storage and sending abilities, the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said.

In the documents, obtained by the privacy group and provided to CNN, the TSA specifies that the body scanners it purchases must have the ability to store and send images when in "test mode."

That requirement leaves open the possibility the machines -- which can see beneath people's clothing -- can be abused by TSA insiders and hacked by outsiders, said EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg.

Maybe they can tag them and add them to your Facebook page. Most people don't keep many secrets on Facebook so a naked airport picture would fit right in.

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