Uncensored Justice System Discussion    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Reading our Minds          Uncensored Justice System Discussion Forum Index -> Open Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message SaberGal Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Oregon Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reading our Minds So....now the feds think they can read someone's mind. IMO, this is scary and brings us one step closer to the concept portrayed in the movie, Minority Report to reality.... Quote: Baggage searches are SOOOOOO early-21st century. Homeland Security is now testing the next generation of security screening — a body scanner that can read your mind. Most preventive screening looks for explosives or metals that pose a threat. But a new system called MALINTENT turns the old school approach on its head. This Orwellian-sounding machine detects the person — not the device — set to wreak havoc and terror. MALINTENT, the brainchild of the cutting-edge Human Factors division in Homeland Security's directorate for Science and Technology, searches your body for non-verbal cues that predict whether you mean harm to your fellow passengers. It has a series of sensors and imagers that read your body temperature, heart rate and respiration for unconscious tells invisible to the naked eye — signals terrorists and criminals may display in advance of an attack. But this is no polygraph test. Subjects do not get hooked up or strapped down for a careful reading; those sensors do all the work without any actual physical contact. It's like an X-ray for bad intentions. More info at link http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,426485,00.html _________________ "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing." - E. Burke __________________________________________ That's OK. I wasn't using my civil liberties anyway. (Insert rolly eye emoticon here) Back to top JUSTICE1st Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 715 Location: USA Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Reading our Minds SaberGal wrote: So....now the feds think they can read someone's mind. IMO, this is scary and brings us one step closer to the concept portrayed in the movie, Minority Report to reality.... Quote: Baggage searches are SOOOOOO early-21st century. Homeland Security is now testing the next generation of security screening — a body scanner that can read your mind. Most preventive screening looks for explosives or metals that pose a threat. But a new system called MALINTENT turns the old school approach on its head. This Orwellian-sounding machine detects the person — not the device — set to wreak havoc and terror. MALINTENT, the brainchild of the cutting-edge Human Factors division in Homeland Security's directorate for Science and Technology, searches your body for non-verbal cues that predict whether you mean harm to your fellow passengers. It has a series of sensors and imagers that read your body temperature, heart rate and respiration for unconscious tells invisible to the naked eye — signals terrorists and criminals may display in advance of an attack. But this is no polygraph test. Subjects do not get hooked up or strapped down for a careful reading; those sensors do all the work without any actual physical contact. It's like an X-ray for bad intentions. More info at link http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,426485,00.html You're absolutely right, Saber! Scary stuff indeed! It means if you happen to have a certain expression on your face, which could mean nothing, or something else which means nothing, you could be pegged as a "criminal with intent to harm fellow passengers!" To me, it sounds a heck of a lot more SUBJECTIVE than scientific. In other words, some federal L.E. official can basically say, "it's terrorist intent if I SAY it is." No explanations necessary. Doesn't that sound like a POLICE STATE? It sure does to me! J _________________ "We must remember, always, that accusation is not proof, and conviction depends on evidence and due process of law." EDWARD R. MURROW, 1954 Back to top SaberGal Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Oregon Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:00 pm    Post subject: Absolutely it is subjective. This is voodoo science, IMO, and extremely scary stuff. And....it won't be long before it finds its way out of airports and into shopping malls, sporting events, and other generally public places. _________________ "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing." - E. Burke __________________________________________ That's OK. I wasn't using my civil liberties anyway. 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