Poll 78% support full-body scans at airports

While some have expressed concerns about the implications of full body scans for passenger privacy, given the clarity of the images they would produce, airline passengers themselves do not seem fazed. Seventy-eight percent approve of the procedure, which was described to them as showing a “graphic image of a person’s body underneath his or her clothes” that would be “viewed only by federal screeners in a separate, private room.”

Additionally, the majority, 67%, say they would not personally be uncomfortable in undergoing such a scan, with close to half (48%) saying they would not be uncomfortable at all. Ten percent say they would be very uncomfortable if subjected to such a search.