In the UK, the scan is strictly random and voluntary. Passengers
who refuse to star in their own display of personal attributes are,
however, subject to pat down. And therein lies the motivation to be
scanned.
"It was really horrible," said one unnamed female passenger in
an interview with the Sunday Times of London. "It doesn’t
leave much to the imagination because you’re virtually naked,
but I guess it’s less intrusive than being hand
searched."
"I was quite shocked by what I saw," said a male passenger. "I
felt a bit embarrassed looking at the image."
The system was tried out in Orlando (FL) last year. About a
quarter of the passengers who saw a representation of the scan
before walking through the device themselves refused to go through
with it. While British authorities say they may deploy the
backscatter technology throughout the UK as soon as the trial is
successfully concluded.
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