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Privacy advocates say they’ve launched a campaign against the use of whole-body imaging scanners being tested in U.S. airports.

Homeland security officials insist the machines save time and improve safety but critics say they expose travelers to a virtual strip search.

“People shouldn’t be humiliated by their government in the name of security,” nor should they trust their images will be kept private, Chris Calabrese, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, told CNN in a story published Monday.

via Critics: Whole-Body Imaging (Photo) Show Too Much To Homeland Security.

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