A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, the University of Michigan, and Johns Hopkins University have discovered several security vulnerabilities in full-body backscatter X ...

If you're pregnant and worried about the safety of those full-body scanners at the airport, you can rest easy. These scanners, which first emerged in US airports after the attempted terrorist attack ...

MSNBC.COM - Millions of fliers pass through them, but scientific experts are still at odds about the safety of full-body airport scanners that use an X-ray technology called backscatter. The machines ...

The TSA’s full-body scanners never seemed like a very good idea. They’re a great way to unwittingly show your naked body to government officials, for one. They’re also insanely easy to trick. We’ve ...

The high-tech security scanners that provoked national controversy because of revealing body images are being removed from U.S. airports, including San Diego’s Lindbergh Field. The Transportation ...

The results of a new report commissioned by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has found that the radiation concerns previously expressed over the use of X-ray body scanners in ...

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Researchers have discovered security vulnerabilities in full-body backscatter X-ray scanners deployed to U.S. airports between 2009 and 2013. In laboratory tests, the team was able to conceal firearms ...

Before they were removed following an outcry over privacy, backscatter X-ray security scanners at airports also raised worries among some travelers and scientists about exposure to potentially harmful ...

Before they were removed following an outcry over privacy, backscatter X-ray security scanners at airports also raised worries among some travelers and scientists about exposure to potentially harmful ...