The TSA acknowledges that this sort of thing is possible when the machines are in test mode. What's more, there's no magic technology that would keep a truly dedicated (and twisted) screener from smuggling out a cell phone picture of a screen shot showing you in all your glory, passing through airport security.
Instead, the TSA relies on a policy that bans cell phones and cameras in the screening area. "Our officers adhere to the highest professional standards, so we are confident our policy is followed," Lauren Gaches, a TSA spokeswoman, told me.
These reassurances fail to appease privacy rights advocates. Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, told me this a "double standard.
He noted that airplane passengers aren't allowed to bring explosives on the plane, but they are subjected to body scans and enhanced pat-downs on the way to catch their flight -- just in case they try to skirt that policy. What's to prevent a TSA employee from skirting the cell phone policy?
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