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Today our Technology and Liberty Program featured some horrifying new photos鈥攃ourtesy of the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA)鈥攖hat show what the TSA's new "see-through" body scanners will show airport security.

Our take? We don't think flyers should be subjected to such intrusive displays of their naked bodies. Intimate details of the human body, like the size of breasts and genitals, as well as mastectomies, colostomy appliances, and catheter tubes will be in plain view of TSA personnel, and anyone else in the security area who'd like to take a gander at any particular passenger.

, the machines are reportedly being deployed at Baltimore-Washington International airport, Dallas/Fort Worth, LAX, JFK, Reagan National, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Detroit, Phoenix, and Miami.

Now, the TSA has promoted the existence of image "scramblers" that will protect the exposure of your face and privates. But these scramblers can be turned off as easily as they're turned out, making it ripe for abuse by any curious TSA employee. (Is that Angelina Jolie trying to board a plane?) As we saw in the breach of Presidential candidates鈥� passport files, personal information on celebrities is all-too-enticing unless real privacy protections are put in place. How long will it be before one of the candidates鈥� naked pictures ends up on the internet? (Since we at the 老澳门开奖结果 are non-partisan, we won鈥檛 say which candidate we鈥檇 prefer).

In other horrifying surveillance news, that the NYPD is testing a new surveillance helicopter to patrol the city:

The helicopter's unmarked paint job belies what's inside: an arsenal of sophisticated surveillance and tracking equipment powerful enough to read license plates 鈥� or scan pedestrians' faces 鈥� from high above the nation's largest metropolis.

鈥�the $10 million helicopter is just part of the department's efforts to adopt cutting-edge technology for its counterterrorism operations.

The NYPD also plans to spend tens of millions of dollars strengthening security in the lower Manhattan business district with a network of closed-circuit television cameras and license-plate readers posted at bridges, tunnels and other entry points.

If this sounds to you, you're only wrong about the 鈥渧aguely鈥� aspect. This raised eyebrows at the , which for information about the city's "Ring of Steel" surveillance camera program when it was announced last year. And while the NYPD insists that these cameras are a necessity for its counterterrorism operations, it doesn't address the fact that all this high-tech gadgetry doesn't work. It's a proven fact that video surveillance doesn't deter crime, especially the type of suicide-attack that felled the World Trade Center.

London's Ring of Steel, after which the New York Ring of Steel was adapted, has proven that surveillance cameras neither deter crime nor help much in solving crimes after the fact, according to .

We're often asked how much privacy people should be willing to trade for more security. But that鈥檚 the wrong question. The right question is does the surveillance technology being deployed actually work. Often times, you鈥檒l find the answer is no. When that鈥檚 the case, there鈥檚 absolutely no reason we should sacrifice our Constitutionally-protected rights 鈥� whether they protect the privacy of our naked bodies or our right to walk down the street without being scrutinized by the watchful eye of a security camera.

When the surveillance state鈥檚 got you down, it鈥檚 time to fight back.