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Homeland Security Previews Physiological Bio-Screeners
Polygraph like machines to "spot terrorists"
by scanning general public for anxiety
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The Department of Homeland Security has previewed new technology
that they promise will help rout out terrorists and other dangerous
people in public places by covertly bio-scanning subjects as they
walk past sets of cameras.
It may seem Orwellian, but on Thursday, the Homeland
Security Department showed off an early version of physiological
screeners that could spot terrorists, reports USA
Today.
According to DHS officials, the scanners work like
polygraphs but without the subjects having to be wired up to them.
They measure body temperature, pulse and breathing regularity.
Any sudden changes recorded could indicate "the kind of anxiety
exuded by a would-be terrorist or criminal."
According to the report, the new technology will not just be
limited to use in airports:
The system would be portable and fast, said project manager
Robert Burns, who envisions machines that scan people as they
walk into airports, train stations or arenas. Those flagged
by the machines would be interviewed in front of cameras that
measure minute facial movements for signs they are lying.
Law experts have charged that the technology constitutes
a government enforced "medical exam" which would violate
civil rights.
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There can be no doubt that this technology is part
of Homeland Security's Project Hostile Intent (PHI) program,
on which we reported
just over one year ago.
Scientists were tasked by the DHS to develop technology
by 2010 that can scan the bodily functions of citizens, without
them knowing, and uncover any possible hostile intent or deception.
The DHS revealed to The New Scientist that
it wishes to develop a lie detector-type test that can be used
remotely, which was described as "an advantage because it
would not interfere with the flow of a crowd and it could be used
without the target's knowledge."
Other technology to be used for PHI includes lasers,
cameras, eye trackers, microphones and heart rate and breathing
sensors.
The new technology complements already escalating
security measures in airports and train stations such as
biometric
body scans, lie
detector tests, behavior
analysis, facial
analysis
and spot
teams to spy on passengers.
In addition, the Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) started conducting random
additional at-gate screening earlier this year of
airline passengers who display "involuntary physical and
physiological" actions indicating stress, fear or deception.
To anyone who remembers Poindexter's gait
analysis this is pretty disturbing stuff.
We are being acclimatized to these things, first
within airports and stations. Technology and measures that you
don't even see used in prisons or high security facilities are
being passed off as completely normal in public places.
Furthermore, from the wording in these reports,
it is clear that the intention is to roll out the exact same measures
throughout public places in major cities and subject the general
public to intense airport style harassment on the city streets.
How long before we see checkpoint officials inspecting
internal passports and consumers body scanned merely to enter
a supermarket or a sports arena?
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