Yes. I firmly believe they are, and I’m not the only one. An employee at London’s Heathrow Airport probably understands better than I do.  After accidentally stepping into a body scanner, her colleague made a lewd comment about the practically nude image that appeared on the screen.
 
When I read the story, I imagined what it would be like for my grandmother to endure a similar situation, or my 15-year-old cousin.  No one should be subjected to so invasive and potentially embarrassing a search without probable cause. 
 
Watch a newsclip on the incident below. 

mytubethumb play
%3Cobject%20classid%3D%22clsid%3AD27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000%22%20height%3D%22374%22%20id%3D%22ep%22%20width%3D%22416%22%20allow%3D%22autoplay%22%3E%3Cparam%20name%3D%22allowfullscreen%22%20value%3D%22true%22%3E%3Cparam%20name%3D%22allowscriptaccess%22%20value%3D%22always%22%3E%3Cparam%20name%3D%22wmode%22%20value%3D%22transparent%22%3E%3Cparam%20name%3D%22movie%22%20value%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fi.cdn.turner.com%2Fcnn%2F.element%2Fapps%2Fcvp%2F3.0%2Fswf%2Fcnn_416x234_embed.swf%3Fcontext%3Dembed_edition%26amp%3BvideoId%3Dworld%2F2010%2F03%2F25%2Fshubert.uk.body.scan.abuse.cnn%22%3E%3Cparam%20name%3D%22bgcolor%22%20value%3D%22%23000000%22%3E%3Cembed%20allowfullscreen%3D%22true%22%20allowscriptaccess%3D%22always%22%20bgcolor%3D%22%23000000%22%20height%3D%22374%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fi.cdn.turner.com%2Fcnn%2F.element%2Fapps%2Fcvp%2F3.0%2Fswf%2Fcnn_416x234_embed.swf%3Fcontext%3Dembed_edition%26amp%3BvideoId%3Dworld%2F2010%2F03%2F25%2Fshubert.uk.body.scan.abuse.cnn%22%20type%3D%22application%2Fx-shockwave-flash%22%20width%3D%22416%22%20wmode%3D%22transparent%22%3E%3C%2Fembed%3E%3C%2Fobject%3E
Privacy statement. This embed will serve content from turner.com.