Those considering participating in this competition should look beyond the stated goal of reducing false positives in TSA screening. One result of a good detection algorithm would be to lower the cost of deploying milimeter-wave scanners in other parts of public life. In 2010, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said that the scanners could be deployed at trains, ports, subways, and other forms of mass transit. A more efficient detection algorithm would make that deployment, and the corresponding intrusion of state surveillance into private concerns, more likely.
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