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I felt like writing a post about virtual strip seraches which I fear will become as commonplace tomorrow as bag scanning is today.

However the American Civil Liberties Union makes the point much better than I would so I lifted the entire article from their website (link included):

“See-Through” Body Scanners

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There are some security measures that are extremely intrusive and should only be used when there is good cause to suspect that an individual is a security risk. See-through body scanning machines are capable of projecting an image of a passenger’s naked body.

Passengers expect privacy underneath their clothing and should not be required to display highly personal details of their bodies such as evidence of mastectomies, colostomy appliances, penile implants, catheter tubes and the size of their breasts or genitals as a pre-requisite to boarding a plane.

http://www.aclu.org/privacy/35506res20080603.html