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p2p news / p2pnet: America’s anti-terrorism campaign has opened not one but dozens of cans of worms centering on citizen rights.
It’s also proving to be a launch-pad for new technologies with the potential to violate them, one of the most recent being the GK-1, an Israeli lie-detector that calls for travellers to say Yes or No into a microphone to answer questions about whether they’re up to something they shouldn’t be.
” By having your subjects answer three to five yes-no questions, it is now possible to reveal their real intentions,” promise its makers, Nemesysco, unequivocally.
“The software will almost always pick up uncontrollable tremors in the voice that give away liars or those with something to hide, its designers at Israeli firm Nemesysco said,” according to the Daily Telegraph.
“In our trial, 500 passengers went through the test, and then each was subjected to full traditional searches.” it has cedo has ceo Amir Liberman saying. “The one person found to be planning something illegal was the one who failed our test.”
People who fail are, “taken aside for more intensive questioning and, if necessary, searched, the Daily Telegraph quotes Liberman as saying.
He also admits some 12% of passengers “tend to show stress even when they have nothing to hide,” and, “Some may feel nervous because they have used drugs, while having no intention to smuggle drugs.”
But no worries. “The whole thing is performed in a low-key manner to avoid causing anxiety.”
Distillers and are said to be delighted by the new GK-1.
“Thanks to this, people will definitely want a drink or 10 to steady their nerves,” said one liquor company spokesman. “This will result in an increase in sales at airport bars and restaurants.”
But airlines are said to be less impressed.
“Like we don’t already have enough drunken passengers?” - asked a stewardess who wanted to remain anonymous.
(Thanks, Masha)
Also read:-
Daily Telegraph - New walk-through airport lie detector, November 18, 2005
November 21st, 2005 at 7:07 pm
Would you like a cigarette? …No
Have you been in posession of your bags the whole time? …I think so.
Please answer yes or no.
Yes, except for before i had them.
Do you advocate taking over the united states by threat or violence? ..No
Do you wander around with your fly unzipped to scare elderley women? ..No!
Would you like a cagarette? …No
Would terrorists drink or do drugs if it would help them do thier jobs? …Wha?
November 21st, 2005 at 7:18 pm
The last time I heard of anthing like this was when a software company was pedling a program that could determine if a record or song was to be a hit. About 10 years ago. Does anyone remember the program?
Anyway, if the program is any good, why not give the test to….
- political candidates at election time, to see if their intentions are not honorable.
- catholics at confession time, to see if they are telling the full truth to the priest.
- judges, to make sure there is no funny business going on.
- car mechanics, to insure that no unnecessary work was done on the car.
- lawyers to make sure they are not elongating cases to increase the legal fees.
- doctors, to make sure that they are not requesting unecessary medical visits.
- Bush before he starts any new war.
- etc.
Al that is needed is to install the program on a laptop. The laptop and the program will pay itself in a few days.
Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com
November 21st, 2005 at 7:43 pm
Hehe I like the above post!!!
In all seriousness, visit the below site to see exactly how easy and how beatable “lie detector” test actually are:
http://www.antipolygraph.org
November 21st, 2005 at 8:26 pm
cause we don’t need it…
Anyway, if the program is any good, why not give the test to….
- political candidates at election time, to see if their intentions are not honorable.
Their intention is to line their own pockets as fast as possible, or alternativly their friends who will of course return the favor.
- judges, to make sure there is no funny business going on.
see above answer
- car mechanics, to insure that no unnecessary work was done on the car.
see above answer
- lawyers to make sure they are not elongating cases to increase the legal fees.
of course they are…. isn’t this in law 101??
- Bush before he starts any new war.
ummm see answer to #1 (common I’m sure he’s started at least 1 war for ligitimate reasons ….. isn’t cause he was mean to daddy a ligitimate reason?)
November 21st, 2005 at 8:57 pm
Voice stress analysis is snake oil. It has been proven unreliable as a lie-detection method by many studies over a long history. This is yet another example of methods whose only value is to stress people to see if they appear nervous. In the hands of untrained security staff, it’s worse than useless.
November 21st, 2005 at 9:13 pm
Ive been through a polygraph test by the US police and it comes down
to they tell you how good the machine is and what it can do ,they try and profile you (extract information) then they hook you up which is quite uncomfortable and stressfull and ask you questions like Have you ever lied to someone ,have you ever liesd to an authority figure and then the direct question about the crime .My Polygrph Tester told me I had to pass every question 100% or I failed .
Then they go away for about 1/2 an hour to stress you out even more and them come back and give you ha intorgation where they basiclay assuce you of the crime and try and trick you into admiting you commited the crime by trying to confuse you that you said you did it .
After 5 hours of polygraph test and intorogation they decided I was inocent and just let me go .
November 21st, 2005 at 9:23 pm
This is exactly right. “Lie detectors” are snake oil. They’re valuable for the confessions they worm out of people, and nothing more.
Anyone with the slightest knowledge that the machines don’t work isn’t going to be deterred, and very likely will be falsely flagged as “no problem”. On the other hand, thousands of people per day will be flagged in every busy airport as lying.
Great idea.
November 21st, 2005 at 9:55 pm
3 to 5 questions, right?
1. Did Sony consider the customer’s rights when deciding to install the infamous rootkit?
2. Does Sony feel remorse for creating huge security vulnerabilities in it’s customer’s PCs?
3. Did Sony really think they’d get away with it?
4. Is Sony feeling pretty stupid right now?
…and the big one:
5. Does Sony actually give a fuck about the people who buy it’s products?
Sorry Sony, you failed. You will not be allowed to enter this my house again.