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After the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 the world was in many ways, not so, how did they know each other before.Especially the aspect of " security "then got a whole lot of other more important role. The policy of the following year was marked by the question of how to prevent any future terrorist attacks in advance and thus the safety of the people could increase.

At the airports, security measures and controls have been greatly strengthened and intensified. The latest advance in this regard is the introduction of body scanners. This should be suspicious objects detected faster and better. It is hoped that this increased security and the prevention of terrorist attacks.

The debate about the value and benefits of body scanner is widely disputed. In politics and society, there have been many critical discussions about it.

One of the main criticisms of body scanners is the possible violation of privacy. Since these are whole-body scanner is, the entire body from top to bottom is scanned and mapped by the naked man. On scanned images as well as intimate details would be visible piercings eg, dentures or even ostomy.

Too many details visible in the body scanner of an early generation

Another problem is the loss of time at the airport itself Slowed down by the establishment of body scanners in the opinion of many experts, the speed control at the airports by about 50%, resulting in huge traffic jams and delays.

Not to be forgotten is also the question of who pays for the body scanner in the end. The cost of a body scanner are approximately 100,000 euros. When the number of airports and the resulting purchase price, easy to very high millions, which may be levied to the taxpayers expense.

But not enough. The potential health effects on body scanners used by the radiation, are not yet in sight. Some experts speak of an increased cancer risk - others do not see this threat.However, there were long-term studies in order to give both sides a legitimate basis.

It is also quite controversial whether body scanners are really useful and durable safety of passengers increase. Indeed, there are also things that are not detected on the body scanner, for example if there are objects in the body is. This raises the question whether it really makes sense to put so much money into a security feature that is perhaps not yet fully developed.initiatives increasingly call for a boycott.

The susceptibility of the devices is a problem. In test runs were initiated with body scanners very often multiple alarms, for example by boots or layered clothing.

In addition, criminal energy always finds ways to subvert those security controls.

Meanwhile, the criticisms seem to have arrived in many places.It is working on new and better body scanners.

One can only hope that this enormous effort is worth it.