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Security Checkpoints Predict What You Will Do

Posted by timothy on from the goes-the-theory dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New security check points in 2020 will look just like something out of the futuristic movie, The Minority Report. The idea of the new checkpoints will allow high traffic to pass through just as you were walking at a normal pace. No more waving a wand to get through checkpoints — the new checkpoint can detect if you have plans to set off a bomb before you even enter the building."

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  1. Retarded by drsmall17 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is retarded. Suppose I have to go to the bathroom and look nervous like I won't make it time? I'll probably set off the scanner as a suspected terrorist.

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  2. False-Positive Rate? by FranklinWebber · · Score: 4, Interesting

    FTA: "We are running at about 78% accuracy on mal-intent detection..."

    And that's supposed to be good? What fraction of the remaining 22% can we expect to be false positives?

    [begin sarcasm]
    I look forward to a future in which the police stop me more than they already do.
    [end sarcasm]

  3. Re:As if I weren't different enough by holophrastic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    REALLY? I'm not alone?!

    I just don't understand. I live here. This is my native habitat. Why should I be any more uncomfortable during in expected weather conditions than any other animal?

    So, let me ask you -- because I've never been able to ask anyone before: what's on your list of reasons? I routinely stop traffic within two minutes of shovelling the driveway. I've had couriers pull over and get out just to tell me that I'm crazy. And I've had A&W staff refuse to sell a burger to me because I must be clinically insane.

    My more recent responses to "why are you wearing shorts" include:
          - I find it more convenient to raise my heart-rate than to carry extraneous clothing.
          - I prefer natural methods over artificial ones
          - I can't afford pants (while wearing $125 shorts)
          - "government project"
          - I'm originally from the arctic circle/yukon/canada (this one seems to satisfy just about everybody)
          - why is your wife so ugly? just a genetic trait I guess.
          - millions of years of evolution
          - I have a genetic mutation, my core is thermally regulated (I'm warm-blooded you lizard.)
          - I wouldn't stand so close when calling me crazy for fear that I actually am.
          - I'm better than you. It's not like I could be worse.
          - You can show off your legs, I can show off my legs. My calves are gorgeous. (works for women. substitute legs with clevage as appropriate)
          - The same way you enjoy being hot on a summer beach, I enjoy being cold in the winter snow -- with more oxygen, less polution, and no radiation.

    Have any of your own that I might borrow?