<p>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />|  DHS Tries To Hide Mobile Scanner Details<br />|   from the the-new-black  dept.<br />|   posted by Unknown Lamer on Thursday August 18, @18:15  (Security)<br />|   with 124 comments<br />|   <a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/18/215259/DHS-Tries-To-Hide-Mobile-Scanner-Details?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email">https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/18/215259/DHS-Tries-To-Hide-Mobile-Scanner-Details?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br />+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />OverTheGeicoE  writes "The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a<br />[0]Freedom of  Information Act request last year (PDF) with the US<br />Department of Homeland  Security, whose Transportation Security<br />Administration has been investigating  the use of x-ray scanning<br />technology for covert use in more public places,  like train stations and<br />even ordinary city streets. TSA has tested  interesting devices like the<br />[1]Z Backscatter Vans both privately and [2]on  members of the general<br />public. EPIC recently received [3]new documents from  DHS. Some of the<br />documents are [4]almost completely black from  redactions."<br /><br />Discuss this story at:<br /> <a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/18/215259/DHS-Tries-To-Hide-Mobile-Scanner-Details?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/18/215259/DHS-Tries-To-Hide-Mobile-Scanner-Details?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br /><br />Links:<br /> 0. <a href="http://epic.org/foia/transitfoia.pdf">http://epic.org/foia/transitfoia.pdf</a><br /> 1. <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2010/08/24/full-body-scan-technology-deployed-in-street-roving-vans/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2010/08/24/full-body-scan-technology-deployed-in-street-roving-vans/</a><br /> 2. <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/03/09/tsa-never-tested-full-body-scans-for-mass-transit-except-when-it-did/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/03/09/tsa-never-tested-full-body-scans-for-mass-transit-except-when-it-did/</a><br /> 3. <a href="http://epic.org/2011/08/dhs-refuses-to-disclose-detail.html">http://epic.org/2011/08/dhs-refuses-to-disclose-detail.html</a><br /> 4. <a href="http://epic.org/foia_notes/foia_note_20_august_15_2011.html">http://epic.org/foia_notes/foia_note_20_august_15_2011.html</a></p>