Scanners: A Threat to Privacy?

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Amitai Etzioni

The George Washington University

Date Written: October 9, 2010

Abstract

Civil libertarians believe that backscatter and millimeter-wave sensing devices in airports are a threat to individual privacy. This article attempts to reconcile the desire for individual rights and the common good through a communitarian philosophy.

Suggested Citation

Etzioni, Amitai, Scanners: A Threat to Privacy? (October 9, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2731854 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2731854

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