TSA Tests 'Less-Naked' Body Scanner

Michele Bachmann may not have to worry about "naked pictures" of herself winding up on the Internet anymore—or, at least not clearly defined ones. The TSA yesterday began testing a more modest full-body scanner at three airports. The system uses the same machines, but new software, which ditches the X-ray style image that reveals every curve in favor of a generic image, sort of like the chalk outline of a body at a crime scene.

Here's how the new system works: After passing through the scanner, travelers will see a computer screen. If it displays a large green OK, they're a-OK. If there's something in their pockets, or hidden on their body, the generic outline appears, with a box marking the location of the object—the traveler would then get patted down, explains the AP.
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