Washington, June 1 (ANI): The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has got rid of its full body scanners, Rapiscan from American airports over privacy concerns.
The scanners caused chaos for taking semi-scandalous snapshots of the fliers at security checkpoints.
The congressional mandate and various privacy-rights activists likened the scanners to 'virtual strip-search', reports Fox News.
According to the reports, TSA had spent 40 million on Rapiscan, which are now going to be replaced with scanners that show only generic images of the body.
The full-body scanners were launched in 2007 but pulled out in May.
The government had bought 800 Rapiscan scanners, which were used at 800 airports in the U.S., the report added. (ANI)
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