Naked Scanners on Trial at Manchester Airport: Rapiscan Screeners

I don't know how I feel about this; it seems weird to me. I bet people will be lining up to apply for those security guard jobs though!

A great disadvantage to terrorists and smugglers who always find very innovative ways to smuggle things into airplanes.

I wonder how religious and other fanatics would react to this. Let us find out if this is against any religion or not.

Run for the books...!

.Agent.

"... Didn't seem any faster to me..."

Maybe the authorities shoud provide special training and teach some survival techniques to the poor 'anon' operators.

Definitely their union is going to protest this move..!

.Agent.

Tighter security at the gate will not stop a determined terrorist, but a intelligent & flexible security team can prevent a lot more than a box run by a bored operator...

Remember, aircraft are not the only place we are vulnerable (but it does have a "fear factor" about it) & these people are very good at finding holes & exploiting them. If we just try & plug all the holes we will just block all our freedoms in the process...

War Begets War...

I don't really want some random person seeing my naked body but more importantly what about kids? My daughter is going through pubity and needs her privacy, she would be traumatised knowing a strange man or woman is seeing her naked body. Also would it pick up tampons as "strange" packages, can it see inside the body?

I saw this on the television set.

I see the advantages of this technology but it's sure disturbing putting that kind of opportunity in the hands of authoritative strangers.   How long till this is so common that they think it's okay to make cracks and laugh at people?  Or perhaps they'll get so immune that they manage to stay professional.  I dunno.  

I do know I already will choose any alternative transport possible over flying, which used to thrill me unendingly, simply the restrictions are enough.  I don't go where I can't take my survival pocket tools!

wow! there will be no privacy in the future..!

Concerned1 above, is worried about her daughter, why?You will not be able to see the man/lady behind the monitor, neither will he/she see you. So why would you care what they see? If you act calmly, your children will be calm. It's not that you see yourself naked while being scanned. As for somebody seeing me naked, who cares. Poor man/lady is going to be sick and tired staring at naked bodies after the second hour in any case! At least I would feel safer, knowing that it has been made more difficult for those whith devious plans to ruin my flight!

  Freedom is in it's death throes. Democracy is being diluted and basic human rights are eroded day after day without so much as a whimper anymore. How many years did we hear our grandparents tell us that they fought in wars to secure our freedom for the future, " Some gave their tomorrows for our todays " yet we just hand over our privacy, freedoms and democratic choices like some insignificant possessions. How long before we have a barcode on our forearm? Hitler would be proud.

I'm really against the scanners fro more than one reason: First of all it's against basic human rights and ANY democratic state should be offended by the idea to take away the human rights of basically everyone who ever uses airplanes (I guess over half of the population). Another issue is that it's just embarrasing, maybe not for everyone, but it would be for me (maybe because I'm just 17, but I really really won't feel comfortable to know that there is some stranger that I don't even know seeing me naked). Anyway, what I wanted to say is that there are quite a lot of people who have similar feelings about this, especially many teenagers, but also others.Then there are the health risks, or the possible health issues that might occur from beeing scanned too many times. This technology is so new that no one can know for sure what it does to the human body and even though the governments say it's save, it doesn't have to be true. Not that the governments are generally lying, but who whould admit the possible risks, if the national security is concerned?Besides, I bet the high government officials wouldn't even have to use the body scanners. Is that a fair treatment?And last, but not least, I'm not quite sure that it would stop the terrorists. It's not even proven that terrorists smuggel weapons through security, I'd rather say that they have someone of the flight personel who helps them, because that's way more likely and in this case the body scanners whould be no good at all.You don't have to agree with me, but just think about it and create your own opinion.