Exposing TSA loopholes

[Will E Worm]

How to get ANYTHING through TSA nude body scanners: Blogger exposes loophole in $1billion fleet

Jonathan Corbett claims he could easily smuggle explosives onto a plane
Strip-search scanners banned in Europe over cancer fears

Controversial nude body scanners used at U.S. airports have come under fire again - after a blogger claimed he could easily smuggle explosives through them onto a plane.
Engineer Jonathan Corbett has published a video where he shows how he took a small metal case through two of the TSA's $1billion fleet in a special side pocket stitched into his shirt.
This is because, he suggests, the scanners blend metallic areas into the dark background - so if an object is not directly placed on the body, it will not show up on the scan.
The metallic box, he claims, would have set off an alarm had he passed through the old detecting system.
His revelation comes just weeks after Europe banned the 'airport strip-searches' over fears the X-ray technology could cause cancer.
MailOnline has decided not to publish the video because it details exactly how to circumvent the safety procedure - but it is freely available to watch online.
Corbett, standing in his living room as he speaks to the camera in the video for his 'TSA Out of Our Pants' blog, acknowledges the technique could be used by terrorists.
But he believes they would already know about the loophole, and took the steps to show 'how much danger the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is putting all us all in'.

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[Supafly]

Great read! I remember an article along similar lines, where reporters have smuggled pistols through bodyscanners, by hiding them behind preheated pieces of meat, I think. The weapons were the same temperature as the people's body.

I would never try this, but it seemed that this really work,

A test phase in a german airport showed a error rate of the scanners of 49%. Mere folds in clothing could trigger a wrong scan. It would be cheaper to just flip a coin to guess if someone wants to smuggle in shit

 

[xfire]

The entire Department of Homeland Security needs disbanded.

 

[Rey C.]

The entire Department of Homeland Security needs disbanded.

But then they'd have to go back to their jobs as Walmart greeters!