[Cryptography] And they're off...

[Allen]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Jerry Leichter <leichter at lrw.com> wrote:

> The bombers relied on *clothing* to conceal their bombs.  Why do we allow
> clothing that conceals bombs to be sold?  In the world we live in today,
> this is no longer acceptable.  I know people will say that it's not
> possible.  But you know, we all have to give up a bit of privacy for
> security.  I call on the smart men and women of the clothing industry to
> come up with a solution to this problem.
>

Unfortunately, this already exists.  It's variously called a Full Body
Scanners, Backscatter Xray or Millimeter Wave Scanner.  It's the "backdoor"
that allows law enforcement to see through your clothing while normal
people can't.
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