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Biometric "Hostile Intent" Machine Under Testing at US Airport

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Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-14 10:08|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I've got a better test with much fewer false positives. Drop a quran and see who becomes hostile.

Posted by ed 2006-08-14 10:35|| 2006-08-14 10:35|| Front Page Top

#2 To date, the TSA has more confidence in people than machines to detect suspicious behavior.

That's because the TSA is a jobs program, not a security program.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-08-14 10:39|| 2006-08-14 10:39|| Front Page Top

#3 This should be mandatory before marrage. They need to put and angery ex wife filter on it. There are many an ex that would never be allowed on a plane if they could read her anger and intent.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-08-14 10:42|| 2006-08-14 10:42|| Front Page Top

#4 I would have liked to seen the results if this had been conducted on real passengers in Knoxville. I would imagine it would be hard to score with the responses being only, a.)"None of your g**-d**n business" or b.)"Kiss my Dixie-white a$$".

Posted by psychohillbilly 2006-08-14 10:49|| 2006-08-14 10:49|| Front Page Top

#5 I hope it's not too dependent on lie-detector technology. They can be beaten pretty reliably if you have been trained how to do it. Since sociopaths (where most terrorists belong IMHO) feel little if anything when they lie, quite a few can slip by, too.

But at least the ACLU is predictable in their zeal to defend a terrorist's right to get on a plane and bomb it without the indignity of racial profiling.

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-08-14 11:11|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-08-14 11:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Here in Knoxville, we seem to be the one of the guinea pigs for whatever brainstorm-of-the-week the TSA loosers come up with.

It looks to me like an automated polygraph station. And it is probably about as effective.
IMAO, all this box does is give TSA some legal insulation when they start profiling for muslims. Joy.

Oh, well. At least they are trying, in their inept way.

Posted by N guard 2006-08-14 11:12|| 2006-08-14 11:12|| Front Page Top

#7 "IMAO, all this box does is give TSA some legal insulation when they start profiling for muslims. Joy."

Yeah, if it stopped there. My bet is they'll inflict it on 85 year old WWII veterans in wheelchairs.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-14 11:24|| 2006-08-14 11:24|| Front Page Top

#8 49 Pan: Most divorced people instantly recognized the line in the movie "Return of the Living Dead":

"But I don't care darling, because I love you, and you've got to let me eat your brains."

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-08-14 11:30|| 2006-08-14 11:30|| Front Page Top

#9 After flight delays, no AC in the airplane, seats designed to fix 5'6" anorexic victims (not me), expensive beer...shall I go on?...Yer damn farkin' straight I have "Hostile Intent" TM.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2006-08-14 13:25|| 2006-08-14 13:25|| Front Page Top

#10 If they need to know how well any lie detector works, the Clintons are still available.

Posted by wxjames 2006-08-14 15:23|| 2006-08-14 15:23|| Front Page Top

#11 Measuring hostility - at airport waiting lines?

Oh, yeah...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-08-14 15:33|| 2006-08-14 15:33|| Front Page Top

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