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One way they could make it less worrisome for passengers is to have the room where they view the body scans separate from the room where the scanner is. From the images I've seen, it doesn't seem like you'd be able to recognize a person from their body scan -- I suppose unless they had a very, shall we say "shapely", body.

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First, it's way creepier, and harder psychologically, to know someone is watching you if you can't see them.

Second, http://www.google.com/images?q=TSA+full-body+scan

... for you. (I ought to have said, "less worrisome for me."). The thought that the operator could just look up from their screen, after "looking in my pants", so to speak, is what feels awkward to me.

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