Terminal A & B at EWR has had those CT scanners since 2024.
Their much nicer than the old style ones. Their faster and there's no need to remove any items from the bag, everything can just go through as-is, laptop and all so it makes the prep area before the scanners much less congested waiting for people to fumble about trying to remove things.
No idea why the article says they they "could be" a headache due to their opening size because, as the article notes, any bag that's compliant with the airline carry-on size will fit just fine. Anything larger needs to be a checked bag anyway. It's only anecdotal but I've never seen anyone have an issue with them at EWR.
>disguised as thieves stealing fiber optic. This does not have any sense economically, as the value in the market is zero
Do you honestly think that crackheads think that far in advance?
I've seen fiberoptic cables stolen from 2 (city) jobsites in the last 5 years, once by tweakers later caught trying to sell them as scrap copper and the second thief was never caught.
This happened even though the spools had big signs on them saying "Fiber Optic Cable - NO COPPER".
> big signs on them saying "Fiber Optic Cable - NO COPPER".
Crackheads can be manipulated easily, or bribed. Maybe the value was in that they were paid with $50 in drugs for doing that.
People too dumb to plan X and to inconsistent to spend several days honing the plan, somehow avoided all the traps and locks, go for the precise location and do X... either they worked in the place and are very familiar with each room, or there is a director manipulating them.
With the added value that addicts can be overdosed easily if they try to strike back and treat to getting too talkative. Nobody would bat an eye.
I'm sure OP would argue that the breakdown of the family structure and social cohesion has a deleterious effect on society as a whole, which includes your neighbors.
> Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands...and your plan is to blackmail this person? [pauses, smiles] Good luck.
They don't though. At least not all, and not most of the newer ones.
All of the DC designs I've worked on the last few years have all included heat absorption chillers driven by engine exhaust (for reciprocating engine power plants) and HRSGs with steam driven chillers for the turbine power plants.
It's proactive in the sense that it's shared before a valid warrant is issued for the information, and before they have any reason to do so. But is reactive to any request at all, sure.
> Lots of moaning about this in the comments but no real explanation as to what the objection is beyond vague references to "privacy". What is the actual risk to me as an innocent person going about their daily business? If it helps identify perpetrators of crime what's the issue?
This same argument would apply to Flock cameras, correct?
Their much nicer than the old style ones. Their faster and there's no need to remove any items from the bag, everything can just go through as-is, laptop and all so it makes the prep area before the scanners much less congested waiting for people to fumble about trying to remove things.
No idea why the article says they they "could be" a headache due to their opening size because, as the article notes, any bag that's compliant with the airline carry-on size will fit just fine. Anything larger needs to be a checked bag anyway. It's only anecdotal but I've never seen anyone have an issue with them at EWR.
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