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The Authorities Have Your Skeleton On File

Security checkpoints could do a full-body scan and check your skeleton against the bone structures of known terrorists in a few years. A new patent, issued on Friday, covers a system that would scan some, or all, of your skeleton and compare it with a database of skeletons. The database would also pull up data such as your name, address, social security number, and passport number. Worst of all, you might not even know your skeleton is being scanned from a distance. More »

10:00 AM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
12,924 views, 19 comments

Latest by n/a: @IchabodCrane: I couldn't agree more! more »