21 November 2013

Eleven more airports, including Luton and Stansted, to use full-body scanners

The full-body scanners are already in use at 10 of Britain's largest airports.

Initial trials of full-body scanners at Manchester airport since 2009 proved controversial as they produced a detailed, ghost-like image of the naked body, which was viewed by security staff.

Those machines, which used x-ray technology, were scrapped a year ago because of privacy and health concerns. Some Muslim passengers refused to walk through the full-body scanners on religious grounds. [The Guardian] Read more