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“Frankly, we were shocked by what we found,” said J. Alex Halderman, a professor of computer science at the University of Michigan, in a statement. “A clever attacker can smuggle contraband past the machines using surprisingly low-tech techniques.”
SOURCE: Study: TSA Full-Body X-Ray Scanners Miss Guns, Explosives, Kniveshttp://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/08/20/study-tsa-full-body-x-ray-scanners-miss-guns-explosives-knives/
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