Big Brother: Full body scanners arrive at S Korea airports
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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Big Brother: Full body scanners arrive at S Korea airports
* From: AFP
* August 16, 2010 8:42PM
SOUTH Korean airports are to start screening passengers with full body scanners, the government said today, despite complaints that they violate privacy.
The devices will be used at international airports in Incheon, Gimpo, Gimhae and Jeju from October 1 after a 30-day trial, the transport ministry said.
The National Human Rights Commission has urged the ministry to dump the machines, installed in July, because they breach passengers' privacy by creating detailed 3D images of their figures.
But the ministry has insisted the scanners are an effective way of preventing terrorism and will only be used on passengers considered a possible security threat, while others can opt to be scanned manually by airport staff.
The machines have fuelled controversy around the world, with several European countries and the United States introducing them.
Big Brother: Full body scanners arrive at S Korea airports
* From: AFP
* August 16, 2010 8:42PM
SOUTH Korean airports are to start screening passengers with full body scanners, the government said today, despite complaints that they violate privacy.
The devices will be used at international airports in Incheon, Gimpo, Gimhae and Jeju from October 1 after a 30-day trial, the transport ministry said.
The National Human Rights Commission has urged the ministry to dump the machines, installed in July, because they breach passengers' privacy by creating detailed 3D images of their figures.
But the ministry has insisted the scanners are an effective way of preventing terrorism and will only be used on passengers considered a possible security threat, while others can opt to be scanned manually by airport staff.
The machines have fuelled controversy around the world, with several European countries and the United States introducing them.
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