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Lie Detectors to be Used for Airline Security

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the obviously-a-machine-knows dept.

swimgeek writes "A new walk-through airport lie detector being made in Israel may prove to be the toughest challenge yet for potential hijackers or drugs smugglers. The product has been tested in Russia and should be commercialized soon. The software in the detector picks up uncontrollable tremors in the voice that give away liars or those with something to hide, say its designers. Passengers that fail the test are then required to undergo further questioning or even search."

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  2. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    they just shoot your ass.

  3. Tell the truth! by csbrooks · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're honest, you get cleared, right?

    "Are you a terrorist?"
    "Yes."
    "Go on through."

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  4. In future news... by dada21 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...no U.S. politician has been able to fly out of Israel.

    I found out how the lie detector works. Bend suspect over, shove device in rectum. I only hope that everyone (including officials) has to go through it, equally.

  5. Could be good... by Datamonstar · · Score: 4, Funny

    If there's a hot female security guard on duty, I'm gonna SO lie so I'll get searched by her.

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  6. Re:What if they... by Canadian_Daemon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Easy solution. just add $sys$ to your voice box and walk righ through.

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  7. Feynman by SuperBanana · · Score: 5, Funny
    Richard Feynman, when he was in college, once helped steal and hide the door of two guys in the fraternity who were being obnoxious twits about keeping the door to their room closed.

    They searched the place high and low, never finding the door. Someone suggested the fraternity President ask each member, on their honor as a member of the fraternity, if they had stolen the door. So he worked his way down the line, and came to Feynman.

    "Richard Feynman, on your honor as a member of the fraternity, did you steal the door?"

    "Yes."

    He replied, "Quit screwing around, Feynman!", and moved on to the next guy. Everyone else denied having taken the door.

    Eventually Feynman took pity on the guys and returned the door and (I believe) confessed. When he did, there was an uproar, as people claimed he had lied.

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  8. Tremors? by StikyPad · · Score: 4, Funny

    The software will almost always pick up uncontrollable tremors in the voice that give away liars

    I'm elderly, you insensitive clods.

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