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 Mar 3 2007, 08:12 PM
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 CheccMate Foo!  Group: Member Posts: 839 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 487,531  |
Will an iPod get damaged in any way if it is constantly being checked under a metal detector? I heard that cellphones get damaged after prolong exposure to it, so I was jw if it was the same deal.
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Mar 3 2007, 08:19 PM
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I guess it can, but that's why airports have a little box to put your stuff in.
Prolonged exposure to x-rays (which is what a metal detector emits) will harm anything. Even humans. |
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Mar 7 2007, 01:01 PM
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CheccMate Foo! Group: Member Posts: 839 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 487,531 |
^That sucks big time because I usually sneak in my iPod through this metal detector at work. hahhaz
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Mar 7 2007, 01:05 PM
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my ipod still works i have been through many metal detectors haha
my school even does it when they need to and if at airport ask them to take your ipod thats what i did all they did was turn it on and off then put it over the metal thing |
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Mar 7 2007, 03:38 PM
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I imagine it's possible. Metal detectors use electromagnetism to find metal. The iPod has a hard drive that uses magnetism to store data. Thus, a strong enough magnet can corrupt the data on the hard drive. I don't know if a metal detector's magnet is strong enough to damage data on a hard drive, but I imagine it's possible.
QUOTE(rawr SOCK @ Mar 3 2007, 8:19 PM)  Prolonged exposure to x-rays (which is what a metal detector emits) will harm anything. Even humans. A metal detector does not use x-rays, and x-rays do not damage hard drives (or the data on them). |
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Mar 7 2007, 05:35 PM
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 Kimberly Group: Member Posts: 1,961 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 121,599 |
QUOTE I guess it can, but that's why airports have a little box to put your stuff in. So you're really supposed to use those, besides stuff thats in your pockets? Ahhhh CRAP. My poor ipod/cell/cd player  I've been through the metal detectors at the airport like a bajilliiiooon times too. The ones at the airport in Munich, Germany are stronger than the ones we use in the US I think. Every freaking time I'm over there, a empty gum wrapper in my pocket makes the darn thing go off... so they search me. Last time it was only like 1/10 of a wrapper... I guess it went through the washing machine or something when I washed my pants. But I've never gotten stopped by the detectors here or anywhere else in Europe. Someone's lacking security. 
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