From: eugen@leitl.org
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/02/airport.security/index.html
Behavioral screening -- the future of airport security?
* Airport security screeners' focus is shifting towards studying passengers' intentions
* Systems can detect signs of emotional strain, which may signal a passenger's intent
* Other programs can study passengers' voice patterns for signs of stress
Eugen, I'm not sure what you find so disturbing about this. Sure, they're trying to detect thoughtcrime but they're not going to send you off to a gulag as a result of this alone (well, at least not in the more enlightened countries); they will simply "select" you for further screening. Anything that has the potential of someday reducing the oppressiveness of the current security clusterfuck is a plus in my book. Let them watch and listen all they want. If we weren't all being stripped and orifice-searched like felons, we'd have a lot less to be "stressed" about in the first place. In the long run, of course, this system too can be defeated. I'm sure it works fine to detect a spur-of-the-moment suicide bomber (assuming there is such a thing) -- or a scared-shitless first-time drug mule -- but a dedicated-enough terrorist will make enough dry runs and view enough simulations of likely subliminal pictures that he will not be overly nervous when the big day arrives. I'm also very skeptical that the technologies work as well in the field as their corporate cheerleaders would like you to believe. Wonder how many actual terrorists they've tested the system on? Do you suppose it works as well as the polygraph? The same sorts of claims were made when that was introduced. GH _________________________________________________________________ You live life online. So we put Windows on the web. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/127032869/direct/01/