Crystal
Posting 2
Topic: Technology
Title: Despite Attention, it's not all grab and scan at Airports
Writer: Jason Hanna, Marnie Hunter
Publication Name: CNN.com
Date of Publication: Nov 25, 2010
700 Words
There has been much controversy about the new level of airport security. From the news coverage, it seemed as if everyone passing through the airports received a full body scan, and those who didn't pass the scan got a pat down. People who opt out of the full body scan, set off the metal or body scan will receive a body scan. Most people went through the airports as always. The increased airport security is used to detect nonmetallic explosives, and is a response to last year's Christmas bomber. Many critics say the body scan is too revealing, as it shows a person's anatomy, and that it poses as a health risk, as one type of scan uses low doses of radiation. They also say the new pat down is humiliating and much more aggressive.
Conclusion:
The new airport security is much more thorough and possibly too invasive. We are stuck between having secure and safe air travel and our privacy. We need to come up with a way to screen air travelers while also preserving their privacy. Until then, this new security is the best we have.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/24/enhanced.security.numbers/index.html?iref=allsearch
I feel safer knowing that these security measures are enforced, and knowing that all is being done to eliminate potential threats. People who get angry about the humiliation of being patted down have to get over it, and realize that even if this technique catches one terrorist threat in the next 5 years, it will have saved hundreds of lives, and the mourning of all their families.
ReplyDeleteI think that safety and security is the top issue, and that privacy will have to take a step down, because the safety of the citizens of the USA is the most important thing. It may seem just like a regular pat down, but the reason they do this is to better protect people from potential threats.
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