Germans Strip Down To Protest Full Body Scanners

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 12:59pm | posted by Brett Bittner

On Christmas Day, members of Germany’s Pirate Party organized a fleshmob to protest use of body scanners at airports:

The protesters marked their bodies with a number of messages such as, “Something to hide?” and “Be a good citizen — drop your pants.”

One woman has the word “diaper” scrawled on her lower back with an arrow pointing to her underwear and the word “prosthetic” printed on her leg. The word “piercing” and an arrow point to one of her breasts. Another woman dressed in a beige sweater and flesh-colored tights wears a sign reading “pixelated.” (To address privacy concerns, security officials say the scanners can be programed to produce a blurred, pixelated image of passengers to protect their modesty.)

Here is video of the protest: