<story><title>$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog </title><url>http://tsaoutofourpants.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/1b-of-nude-body-scanners-made-worthless-by-blog-how-anyone-can-get-anything-past-the-tsas-nude-body-scanners/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>spolsky</author><text>Is it possible that the TSA actually observed the metallic object at your side, but decided that it wasn&apos;t threatening based on its shape?</text></item><item><author>tsaoutourpants</author><text>Hi Guys, Jon here, the creator of the TSA video you&apos;re discussing.  Thanks for picking this story up.  As a tech guy myself, I&apos;ll be happy to answer any questions you have.&lt;p&gt;--Jon</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tsaoutourpants</author><text>No -- TSA policy requires them to investigate all &quot;anomalies&quot; with a pat-down.  If they saw &amp;#38; ignored it, they completely broke policy, which is another problem with the nude body scanners: a metal detector has a loud alarm and can&apos;t be ignored, whereas an x-ray screen can.</text></comment>
<story><title>$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog </title><url>http://tsaoutofourpants.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/1b-of-nude-body-scanners-made-worthless-by-blog-how-anyone-can-get-anything-past-the-tsas-nude-body-scanners/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>spolsky</author><text>Is it possible that the TSA actually observed the metallic object at your side, but decided that it wasn&apos;t threatening based on its shape?</text></item><item><author>tsaoutourpants</author><text>Hi Guys, Jon here, the creator of the TSA video you&apos;re discussing.  Thanks for picking this story up.  As a tech guy myself, I&apos;ll be happy to answer any questions you have.&lt;p&gt;--Jon</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jonursenbach</author><text>This has been what I&apos;ve been wondering. While going through HNL a few weeks ago my girlfriend forgot to take her cellphone out of her bra before going through the backscatter. Nobody said a peep.</text></comment>