EU criticizes virtual strip search

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EU criticizes virtual strip search

EU lawmakers have a valid reason for joining U.S. civil liberty campaigners in criticizing a new scanner that allows airport security to see through passengers' clothes. The new system, which the European Union plans to authorize at the bloc's airports, allows guards to see an outline of passengers' bodies beneath their clothes, making it easier to detect any concealed objects. The scanning is equivalent to conducting a virtual strip search that could raise just objections. Many travelers are bound to consider it as an enormous intrusion on their personal privacy. This means that the technology can only be used under compelling suspicions and not used routinely on the passengers. EU should consider offering alternate forms of security checks for the passengers who object to such search.

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