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Biometric Terrorist Detector

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tell-the-machine-everything-you-know dept.

neutralino writes "The Wall Street Journal has this story about a biometric airport security system which uses biometric responses — blood pressure, pulse and sweat levels — to series of questions ("Are you smuggling drugs?") to identify passengers with "hostile intent." According to the article, "In the latest Israeli trial, the system caught 85% of the role-acting terrorists, meaning that 15% got through, and incorrectly identified 8% of innocent travelers as potential threats, according to corporate marketing materials.""

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  1. Slashvertisement for investment by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Companies try to get the US government to make us taxpayers into suckers everyday."

    And, it's another Slashvertisement for investment in an Israeli company.