Boston airport swaps controversial body scanners for Gumby-shaped outlines


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Privacy fears surrounding the original body scanners never made it to court, but the TSA is now spending over $44 million to roll out the new units out to 29 US airports, starting with Boston.

The TSA is dressing up security at Logan International Airport. The Transportation Security Administration hopes to allay privacy concerns about passenger screening in Boston by rolling out a new type of body scanner. The 27 "millimeter-wave" scanners being installed come with software that replaces "passenger-specific images" -- or nearly naked views of travelers -- with generic outlines that highlight only anomalies such as belts, jewelry,