Surprise, surprise!
Millimeter wave body scanners that produce fairly accurate images of the human body through clothing are not always deleting images as promised by our wonderful "servants of the people".
One scanner supposedly had 34,000 images stored on it after being used in more than one location.
More troubling than the actual failure to delete the images is the revelation that the machines can be set up to send imagery at high data rates in real time as well as allowing for remote operation.
When machines are returned to the manufacturer, the stored data is accessible to company service personnel for viewing and storage (maybe your image is taped to the wall in the service department or being used in training sessions).
I know from experience that medical equipment is returned to manufacturers with stored patient information that may contain personal ID information, so I am not too surprised at this news.
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