EPIC is warning that the Transportation Security Administration is overstating the privacy protections used for whole body scanners at U.S. airports.

"As a result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) recently obtained U.S. Department of Homeland Security documents related to the use of whole body imaging technologies," writes Computerworld's Jaikumar Vijayan.

"The documents show that contrary to the representations of the TSA, whole body imaging devices include the ability to store, record and transfer images of passengers screened at U.S. airports," Vijayan writes. "The device specifications include hard disk storage, USB integration and Ethernet connectivity, all of which raise significant privacy and security concerns, EPIC said."

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