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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:54:21 -0400
This sounds like alie detector and they have been proven not to work djf Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: August 21, 2006 2:37:28 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex com Subject: Re: [IP] Which Travelers Have 'Hostile Intent'? Dave, Isn't it interesting that an article discussing technologies with such vast privacy implications, didn't even mention the word "privacy" or suggest that privacy issues even existed with such systems? Essentially that piece was "techno-fluff" -- an "isn't this nifty?" article without crucial context. I know WSJ can do better than that. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, IOIC - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com - - -
Which Travelers Have 'Hostile Intent'? Biometric Device May Have the Answer By JONATHAN KARP and LAURA MECKLER August 14, 2006; Page B1 At airport security checkpoints in Knoxville, Tenn. this summer, scores of departing passengers were chosen to step behind a curtain, sit in a metallic oval booth and don headphones. With one hand inserted into a sensor that monitors physical responses, the travelers used the other hand to answer questions on a touch screen about their plans. A machine measured biometric responses -- blood pressure, pulse and sweat levels -- that then were analyzed by software. The idea was to ferret out U.S. officials who were carrying out carefully constructed but make-believe terrorist missions. The trial of the Israeli-developed system represents an effort by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to determine whether technology can spot passengers who have "hostile intent." In effect, the screening system attempts to mechanize Israel's vaunted airport-security process by using algorithms, artificial-intelligence software and polygraph principles. Neither the TSA nor Suspect Detection Systems Ltd., the Israeli company, will discuss the Knoxville trial, whose primary goal was to uncover the designated bad guys, not to identify threats among real travelers. They won't even say what questions were asked of travelers, though the system is generally designed to measure physical responses to hot-button questions like "Are you planning to immigrate illegally?" or "Are you smuggling drugs." [snip] http://online.wsj.com/public/article/ SB115551793796934752-2hgveyRtDDtssKozVPmg6RAAa_w_20070813.html ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lauren () pfir org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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