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What is Rapiscan Secure 1000!
• The Secure 1000 is non intrusive personnel screening
system designed to detect metallic and non-metallic
objects concealed under a person's clothing. This
turnkey system offers numerous advantages over
metal detectors and "pat down" searches for
personnel screening.
• This form of body scanning has been in place in the
United States for a few years. Airports in New York
and Los Angeles started using it on April 18, 2008.
Airport Application
Impacts of Body scanning
• Environment• Political / Institutional• Social• Technological• Legal• Economical impacts on society
Positive and negative impactsEnvironment: Positive:
Elimination of blind spots and potential opportunities for concealment, thereby increasing checkpoint security. It can detect organic and inorganic threats, metals and non-metallic objects.
Negative:• Revealing of a naked image of the person being scanned.
Passengers view this process as an invasion of privacy.• Create further congestion, and also delays as the time to scan
ranges from an average 18 seconds to 1 minute.
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Political/Institutional
Positive:• Help government and country officials appear more current
with technology thereby aiding negotiations with other nations and states.
• Help airports negotiate better contracts with airlines and city officials.
Negative: May cause public backlash toward government and airline
officials regarding citizen rights.
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Social Positive: May improve travel experience for travelers and
reduce stereotyping. Negative: May cause degradation in travel experience for
travelers who previously were not as heavily scrutinized. These individuals may be high profile, who previously enjoyed the flip side of stereotyping.
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TechnologicalPositive:• Display the location of concealed object. • Leading edge technology which will only improve in the
future.
Negative: New evasive technologies will be developed to counter this
new technology. This will make it less effective, and may even cause problems when it is evaded.
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PositivesAs equipment will reside in public sphere, data collected from the scanner will be admissible as evidence in trials. This will make for more speedily prosecution and reduce time frame used in legal issues
Negatives • Anti-trust cases between Government, Airline and Citizens.• Will be seen as Infringement on Privacy, and as a result may be the centre of legal disputes.• No current guarantees that images will be kept safe from prying eyes.
Legal:
Economical impacts on society.
Positive:Improve commercial relationship between nations which can increase trade.
Negative: Can cause breakdown in relations for nations/airports who
decide not to implement the technology. This can cause economic fallout, as other nations or international organizations may impose sanctions.
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